Insects and Kin

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...

Underside of Rose Beetle, a gorgeous insect, uniformly green and glittering. Photograph © James Pri...

In midsummer the opening artichoke blossoms provide a delicious nectar for rose beetles. The the eme...

A belly-up view of a cicada, showing mouthparts and other cool stuff. 4.5 cm. Photograph © James...

On Kythera, the song of summer is the cicada’s constant buzz, perfectly captured in its Greek name,...

Skin of cicada nymph. Immature cicadas are called nymphs. They live underground for 4 to 20 years...

The cricket is a serious pest, capable of devouring many times its weight in crops. But its chirping...

Underside of a cricket, in full lotus yoga position. Photograph © James Prineas, 2003

While grasshoppers can do real damage to crops, they are also a valuable food source for large birds...

The scorpion is fierce looking and scary, with sharp pincers on its claws, and a sharp stinger at th...