Often wrongly (and sometimes rightly) disliked, the tiny creatures at our feet are indispensable companions and proof that not everything revolves around us bipeds.
A Tipulae sp. couple mating. Vaud, Switzerland, Spring 2025
A timid Carpocoris purpureipennis hidden in a red flower after the rain. Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Summer 2023
A Panorpa communis, the scorpion fly, posing. Vaud, Switzerland, Summer 2025
A Zygaena filipendulae waking up on a flower. Vaud, Switzerland, Summer 2025
Two Cantharis rustica mating. Vaud, Switzerland, Spring 2022
A small Cylindroiulus foraging on flower. Vaud, Switzerland, Spring 2025
Unknown Hymenopterae covered in dew. Vaud, Switzerland, Summer 2023
A nice little wasp defending her nest, holding the leg of her sister. Vaud, Switzerland, Summer 2024
A Chrysolinae sp. foraging in a scabiosa flower. Vaud, Switzerland, Spring 2022
Two Trichoptera mating under a reed. Vaud, Switzerland, Summer 2021
A cetonia aurata on a dandelion flower. Vaud, Switzerland, Spring 2025
Chrysoperla carnea making a bubble. Vaud, Switzerland, Summer 2021
A Bombylius on top of a flower twig. Vaud, Switzerland, Spring 2025
Wildbees group meeting. Vaud, Switzerland, Summer 2025
A nomada cuckoo bee sleeping in the dew. Vaud, Switzerland, Spring 2023
A longhorn beetle foraging in a flower. Vaud, Switzerland, Summer 2025
A forficula auricularia foraging on a wheat ear. Vaud, Switzerland, Summer 2021
A Platycerus caraboides on a leaf. Vaud, Switzerland, Spring 2024
A tiny ant on a giant dead beetle. Vaud, Switzerland, Summer 2021
Two dead Syrphidae sp. in a funny position. Vaud, Switzerland, Summer 2022
An orthoptera looking for his next jump destination, from a leaf. Vaud, Switzerland, Spring 2022
A couple of intimidated damselflies hiding behind an ear. Vaud, Switzerland, Spring 2022
A chrysomelidae on a colorful flower. Vaud, Switzerland, Summer 2025
A damselfly wearing a pastel dress in the dew. Vaud, Switzerland, Spring 2025
A Bombylius in the morning dew. Vaud, Switzerland, Spring 2023
A cetonia aurata reflective elytra. Vaud, Switzerland, Spring 2025
A confused Macdunnoughia confusa on a flower. Vaud, Switzerland, Spring 2025
A Carcharodus alceae posing. Vaud, Switzerland, Spring 2025
A wasp watching over her nest. Vaud, Switzerland, Spring 2022
An unknown heteroptera on a flower. Fribourg, Switzerland, Summer 2022
A chrysolina showing its colors on a flower. Jura, Switzerland, Summer 2021
A Forficula auricularia on a flower. Jura, Switzerland, Summer 2021
An orthoptera in an intense talk with an minuscule ant. Bern, Switzerland, Summer 2022
Two Cylindroiulus side by side. Vaud, Switzerland, Winter 2021
Ants sharing pheromones. Vaud, Switzerland, Spring 2022
A Tenthredo hiding from me. Vaud, Switzerland, Summer 2021
An acrobatic ichneumonidae mating scene. Vaud, Switzerland, Spring 2024
Two Cucullia lychnitis caterpillars eating. Vaud, Switzerland, Summer 2021
An unknown orthoptera hiding under a leaf. Vaud, Switzerland, Autumn 2024
A trichodes alvearius on a wheat twig. Vaud, Switzerland, Summer 2021
A Forficula auricularia on wheat stem. Vaud, Switzerland, Summer 2023
An unknown hymenotpera hiding from me. Vaud, Switzerland, Summer 2023
Two Cantharis rustica mating. Vaud, Switzerland, Spring 2022
A Bombylius on a flower. Vaud, Switzerland, Spring 2022
A Carcharodus alceae butterfly stretching its wings. Vaud, Switzerland, Spring 2023
A Cylindromyia bicolor sleeping upside down. Vaud, Switzerland, Autumn 2023
A Musca domestic in a colorful scene. Fribourg, Switzerland, Summer 2022
A colorful chrysolina covered in dew. Saas Grund, Switzerland, Summer 2022
A minuscule Diplolepis rosae. Vaud, Switzerland, Spring 2023
Dew drops on a sleepy damselfly. Vaud, Switzerland, Summer 2023
An Ematurga atomaria showing its damaged antenna. Vaud, Switzerland, Spring 2025
An orthoptera on a flower. Vaud, Switzerland, Summer 2025
Just an ant on a purple flower. Vaud, Switzerland, Summer 2021