This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Summer Bugs.’ (See more responses here.) To the best of my knowledge, Hawaii’s bugs are pretty much the same year-round. Here are some of them.
The top photo shows a bee showing impressive balance on a maiapilo flower.
Next up, clockwise from top left: Getting down to eye level with a juvenile praying mantis. A painted lady butterfly on a kiawe tree. A katydid wondering what it’s done to deserve this much attention. A seven-spotted lady beetle being watched.
The final gallery: Top left: A mango flower beetle explores a spider lily. Top right: A watchful cane spider wondering if it should run, very fast, away. Bottom left: A Hawaiian carpenter ant (Camponotus variegatus), one of too many that have taken up residence in the house. Bottom right: A rusty millipede deciding that it’s all too much!
Graham's Island 
Love these….well, most of them….lol. Great job and choices.
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Thanks. I hope none of them were too traumatic!
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I enjoyed this gallery of ‘bugs’. The millipede is especially gorgeous.
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I like rusty millipedes a lot. I liked this photo for the myriad of geometric details in it!
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Yes the details and patterns are remarkable.
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Fabulous Graham just fabulous. Love the Praying Mantis best 🙂
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It was fun getting down eye to eye with it!
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I love your wonderful variety of bugs, Graham! I think praying mantis love their pictures being taken of them! Love that centipede!
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Yes, they do tend to just watch me when I take photos. I love the intricacy of the millipedes – so many moving parts (though not in this photo) that all work together.
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