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A Tree Wasp (Dolichovespula sylvestris) searches for small insect prey around a Crocosmia Lucifer flower spike

No 6 in Smoke Ring series

Legg Park, Meridian Township, Michigan

Shot with single off-camera flash(Leica SF60 \ Leica SF C1 trigger), modified with MagMod MagSphere as fill, to right of camera and above subject. TTL metering mode.

After a night of torrential downpours, I found these butterflies clinging on the dead flower stems of the Queen’s Wreath (Petrea volubilis).

I bet you thought it was a Monarch, huh?

From Wikipedia: Dryas iulia (often incorrectly spelled julia), is also commonly called the Julia butterfly, or Julia heliconian, Male Julia butterflies can be identified by their brighter orange color, compared to the duller orange exhibited by females . D. iulia is common in the tropical and subtropical areas of North, Central, and South America. Photographed in the Butterfly Atrium, Hershey Gardens, Hershey, Pennsylvania.

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Happy New Year!

Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)

People often think of insects as dirty, but some are quite clean -- this Guinea Paper Wasp is taking quite a lot of time to make sure everything is in order.

Bee and Blackberry Blossom, West Vancouver, British Columbia,

Canada

Butterflies all in a row.

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Conops quadrifasciatus, A wasp mimic. Its larvae feed on adult Red-tailed Bumblebee

Boloria dia