Shot with Fujifilm X-H1 & Fujinon XF80mm

Flowers from my garden

Very hard to persuade them to stay still for one second 😉😁

14-spot ladybird feeding on a scale insect

one simple day, i went out to try my new lens, this is what i came back with :D

Ideopsis vulgaris contigua

Prachantakham, Prachinburi, Thailand

A bug that looks like it should be shooting foam in a car wash.

Dancy Bottoms, Wheeler NWR

Lotus 340R, taken during a Lotus Club France meeting at Haute Saintonge racetrack.

Thanks Mr.Kärcher!

Lake Katherine

Costa Rica

Insect-egg Slime (Leocarpus fragilis). The slime is at the fruiting stage. It has developed masses of sporangia or spore cases. Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. Near Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz Co., Calif.

Insect

This insect was a sitting in a purpule flower, taken with the evening light in ECR chennai, D 200, AFD 28-105 semi macro

Stick insect. Ramulus sp. ?

I just love stick insects, they are excellent model for natural light shots :D. Well, except those with wings, maybe as some of them will just fly away:D

Natural light macro: orionmystery.blogspot.com/2010/10/tips-on-shooting-with-n...

A baby, on my son's finger. We have many more of these.

Species post up soon, I promise, with bonus pictures of some animals. Until then, I made a really stupid cartoony post to tide you over.

Check out all my Species a Day posts, with writeups, here.

L'hôtel à insectes est un concept qui permet d'optimiser la présence, par la survie hivernale, d'insectes et d'arachnides qui sont souhaités notamment dans des écosystèmes où la pollinisation et la biodiversité sont recherchées, exemple jardin potager, verger, construction haute qualité environnementale . L'été, il peut également servir de support de ponte à certaines espèces comme les abeilles maçonnes.

Celui ci, d'une dimension imposante, se trouve à l'entrée de la réserve Pro Natura de Champ-Pittet près d'Yverdon

This picture was taken in Sinharaja Forest Reserve - Sri Lanka

sıpaydır men, sıpaydır women and sıpaydır çocuklar,,,, sıcak aile ortamı... sıpaydır men evin reisidir, neden, çünkü de ondan...

3x Magnification

Insecto (Macro)

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Bumble bees in New Zealand

Structure created to provide shelter for insects in the small park "Kulturhusparken".

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect_hotel

Woodhouse Washlands.

This large green Praying Mantis spent about an hour exploring our boat in Kioni, Ithaca. I don't think I have ever met such an intimidating insect before.

Sweetpotato bug

Here is the back of my insect book inspired by Christopher Marley's Pheromone, an amazing book of photographed insects. I got his permission to post my sketches.

Insecte sur rose .

Parc de la Seille , jardins Jean-Marie PELT .

57000 - METZ

FRANCE

I thought I'd start 2017 off with some insect shots for a change.