This interesting caterpillar ...
... looks like some small twig fallen from a neighboring tree ...
... that somehow ended up attached ...
... on this self seeding common fig (Ficus carica).
But there are no other trees around, only grass and some herbaceous plants. This fig is growing along the small unpaved road between the large coastal meadows and the sea.
This is the Ascotis selenaria caterpillar ...
... I mean, I'm pretty sure that it is ... but I could be wrong ... although, if I missed the exact species, I was definitely very close to the truth ... but ...
... if I'm right, this will become a Giant looper moth (Ascotis selenaria)
This, much smaller caterpillar ...
... has built a silky tent on the fig leaf ...
... to protect her while she's feeding.
In this case adult insects are also present around the foliage.
This is the Choreutis nemorana ... small moth often seen around many flowers on meadows along the coastline ... and on fig trees when it comes the time for reproduction ...
... their larvae are specialized in eating the leaf tissue of the common fig.
The adult female assumes this pose when releasing the pheromones.
It looks a bit like some strange, alien creature when seen from behind.
This tree doesn't produce juicy, edible fruits like some others of the same kind scattered throughout this Mediterranean landscape, or the figs in my garden ... but it sure always has some interesting creatures to offer.
I don't know what species of leafhopper this is, but I can't tell you that is pretty common here.
Here, walking on the lower surface of the leaf, is some minuscule weevil ... that I also couldn't identify.
Under this fauna, on the herbaceous vegetation that grows in the shade of the tree, there is also always something interesting to see.
Like the small detail on this plant ...
... or this Hairy Scale-cricket ...
... the Arachnocephalus vestitus.
This green little thing ...
... is another leafhopper ... the Empoasca decipiens.
Here you can see some minuscule fly with colorful head and eyes.
This is the Acleris variegana moth. A very small species, that looks like some dry, fallen fragment of something, a seed or petal ... something pretty uninteresting anyway ... which is, actually, pretty interesting :)
This is the nymph of the Conocephalus fuscus cricket.
The strange insect on this, and the next two photographs ...
... is the Asiraca clavicornis ...
... an interesting planthopper species. And with this ...
... is time to leave the fig tree ...
... and move on ...
... along the stretch of road that passes through the reeds.
It's a pretty different ...
... and cool looking habitat ...
... spiders are hanging high on the tops of these plants ...
... this one has caught something.
Neoscona adianta is the name of this very common spider species.
This jewel beetle ...
... the Agrilus cuprescens, is resting on the long leaf of reed.
I found this pretty peculiar small fly ...
... also here on the reeds.
This is the Pachygaster atra ...
... a soldier fly species.
Some of these resilient long leaves were covered with aphids ...
... the Hyalopterus pruni aphids ...
... a very common species on reeds ... and some cultivated plants ... plum ... peach ... almond.
It looks that this winged one, considerably larger than others ...
... is somehow attached to the leaf. It's the first time I noticed this detail ... and I don't know what it means.
As always in these posts on HIVE, the photographs are my work.
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Amazing looking insects i love that first one it's well camouflaged and your photos are so clear and crisp 😊
wow .... amazing, the caterpillars and animal insects look so beautiful.
How many insects did you find in that fig tree! wow
Excelente @borjan!!!! Hermosos insectos.
Gracias :)
Really interesting caterpillar. I guess I've looked at it many times. Looks like a branch.
:)
Amazing brown caterpillar which looks like a twig! Very good at pretending to be something else!
Your camera makes me think twice when I eat raw salad!! I wonder if there were tiny insects there which I could not see with my eyes!!
Incredible amazing
Thank you :)