Insects and Kin

In July, the artichoke blossoms open, attracting swarms of rose beetles. The shining emerald of the...

These insects can spend long periods of time in a motionless, rigid position, which completes their...

This Praying Mantid, Mantis religiosa, was perched among the flowers of a vlita plant, probably on t...

Small spotted spider in a morning glory blossom. Photograph by Peter B Tzannes, 2005

This shy millipede has a dark, glossy body that stretches and curls along the wall to form amusing s...

The vromopapadia is a harmless millipede whose names translates as 'stinking priest's wife.' That’s...

After this vromopapadia died, its outer shell took on beautiful colors and patterns, visible through...

Even in death, when its body segments turn into a dry little heap of tiny white hoops, the vromopapa...

The Soil Centipede is a snakelike, red-yellow, eyeless creature that wiggles violently. And he is fa...

Like most centipedes, the Scolopendra has a painful, poisonous bite. Just look at those jaws! Photog...

The truly terrifying Scolopendra, who slithers around with a sinister, rippling movement on forty le...

This small Scolopendra has blue-green legs.

Scutigera is a centipede with a compact body fringed with fine, long limbs that resemble eyelashes....

Unidentified honey bee. 1.5 cm. Photograph © James Prineas, 2003

In summer time, the female mud wasp can be seen lugging a paralyzed spider along a wall. She’ll put...

Unidentified wasp. 2.5 cm. Photograph © James Prineas, 2003

Spanish Crescent-horned beetle. This horned beetle is astonishing to come across, but completely...

Little Green Beetle. Unidentified. 1 cm. If you know the name of this beetle, please add your com...

Little green beetle, 1 cm long. View of underside. Photograph © James Prineas, 2003

Rose beetle. This magnificent, emerald colored beetle is happily quite common on Kythera, and cat...