the threat of a bombardier beetle

 

with abdomen in the air

ready to spray

keep poking, i dare you

 

(by julia mlynarek)

 

sun spider in the night

 

a sun spider ran into the circle of our lantern light

stole an insect from the swarm there

and dragged it back into the darkness

 

aka webspinner

 

embioptera embiidina embiodea

wave spin wave spin wave spin spin wave

i wave back but cannot recall your name

 

winter soon

 

footsteps echoing on the pavement

silence. no stridulation, no buzzing

a cool fall night

 

(by anna solecki)

 

firefly at night

 

lights flashing

morse code of life

fly firefly

 

(by julia mlynarek)

walking is hard

 

left front right mid left rear pause

right front left mid right rear pause

left front right mid left rear pause

 

flies that cannot swim

 

to the fly laying at the bottom of my pan trap

why were you attracted to yellow

when there is no yellow in the rainforest

 

(by neal evenhuis)

periodical living

 

thirteen years below

waiting for the silent sign

dig, moult, sing, mate, die

 

(by paul manning)

phorid identity crisis

 

if i were a coffin fly

i’d rather be called a scuttle fly

it sounds more like i have boundless energy

 

(by neal evenhuis)

 

mayflies

 

up from the river

dancing on the wind at last

short lives in long tails