I don't usually post different versions of the same thing, but this came out ok so here it is!

Canon EOS 5D Mark III

180mm

ƒ/13.0 180.0 mm 1/200 400

Green shield bug (Palomena prasina) perched on a leaf.

Odorek zieleniak (Palomena prasina) siedzący na liściu.

Kern County, California, USA.

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A bug (Oplomus dichorus, Pentatomidae) resting on a madroño (Arbutus sp.) branch.

Canon EOS 90D + Tamron SP AF 90 mm f/2.8 Di Macro 1:1 (272E) + 36 mm Viltrox extension tube and foldable flash diffuser. Single shot. Processed in Darktable.

Working on a tiny fly in the mistflowers...

Taken with the olympus om-d e-m10 mark 2 and the 60mm 2.8 macro #olympus #olympus60mmmacro

Hanging out by the flowers

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Bug on a marigold

CC Week 19 - It's the Little Things

While taking flower photos at sunset I noticed that as it got later, more and more insects started to appear. Crane flies live only briefly in their adult phase, and are much more destructive in their larval stage when they can damage lawns and other plants. Adult crane flies do not eat very often. When they do, it might be sipping on nectar, as this one was attempting to do. Since they live most successfully in areas where there is plenty of water, it makes sense that they would do well in a wetter than usual year like this one.

Follow the link for more information.

pondinformer.com/crane-fly-tipulidae/

Once again, its back to bugs.

Ailanthus Webworm Moth on a Purple Headed Sneezeweed

Today in Valley Forge

Punaise/Bug

A bunny and his friends

adapted Kodak Cine 102mm f2.7

A tiny striped bug on a Scotch thistle.

When I first saw this, I wasn't even sure it was a bug. Then it started to move. The camera can see better than my eyes!

Maybe it's the nymph of a stinkbug? I'm not an entomologist.

Bug nymph (about 2-3 mm)

Mitutoyo 7.5x NA 0.21, tube lens: 165mm (Thorlabs)

Illumination: dark field and polarization

Chrysanthemum lace bugs

Just some spiders this Arachnophobe spotted while working the church flea market today.

The Volkswagen Bug is rarely seen these days. When I was young you could hardly go anywhere and not see one.

Bugs in my backyard.

composite of bees, a beetle, and a dragonfly's mouth part.

I do not know what it is but I call it a Green Bug. It took me ages to think of that.

Syrphid fly on blossom UC Davis Riparian Reserve

1d mark III + MP-e 65mm

Hemiptera species

True Bug - Wants

Canon 5D Mark IV + Canon MP-E65 f/2.8 1-5x Macro

Created for the WPC Week 451

American bullfrog