Meine Schwalbenschwänze machen mich glücklich, es sind wunderschöne Momente sie ohne Hektik geniessen zu dürfen

I have nice friends visiting occasionally

Some of them are of the Mini kind

And some of them are not so mini

I adore my mini friends

And I like my friends

In that order

Hehe, kidding

Chatting with Mark on my phone and this guy landed

Mark beamed over and transformed, enjoying sitting on my lap for quite some time

In 13 days you don't need to beam yourself ....

Then you will use a plane, wow 😊

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insects

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Seen on a Tulip.

Beautiful dragonfly

Schoene Libelle

Common Hawker I think.

Crymlyn Bog Nature Reserve Swansea.

Sacramento, California

Music:

Bambla Jolifanti, by John Tchicai, in 'Real Tchicai' (1977)

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Macro

An another butterfly is Tiger Swallowtail.

Canon FD300mm f/2.8 and 1.4 extender,

Marshlands Conservancy, Rye, NY

In Wales

Darts Farm Devon

Sweden............

San Juan Island, Washington State

Papillon demi-deuil dans la douce lumière dorée traversant les hautes herbes.

I don't normally photograph flies as I hate them but this green one stood out against the light leaf.

This has been such a great year for flowers.

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This sand treader, a few feet away from the pure black treader in my previous post, was checking him out. This individual has recently molted, and his new chitinous armor would accumulate pigment until he was pure black again.

The treaders leave conspicuous trails in the sand--follow the tracks to either a treader or a hole in the sand.

Chrysis Ignita