Not many insects around the garden this year, possibly due to the dry weather. But this remarkable specimen appeared yesterday. Never seen one before!

Donna Nook, Lincolnshire

Small insect navigates water droplets on a leaf during a misty Sydney morning.

Chrysidoidea

84 exposures, wemacro 15 um, nikon d810, Olympus UMPlanFI 10x, Raynox 150 tube lens, Nikon r1c1 flashkit, Zerene Stacker, photoshop, iso64 1/100.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Best if viewed large.

Found this insect on my window, and my Macro lens was in getting repaired, so tried to get a clear shot with my 18-200

When the adults emerge from hibernation, they will survive on nectar and pollen but, will subsequently join their larvae in targeting their favourite diet, the aphid. Claims are made that one Lacewing can consume up to 600 aphids in its lifetime. In some parts of the world Lacewings have been used to biologically control aphid populations.

Butterfly, Papillon ,lépidoptère (Lepidoptera)

Lema cirsicola

About 6mm size. At Mt. Takao

Augochloropsis metallica. Small, about 5 mm long. The flower is a shepherd's purse growing in my yard.

Raynox DCR-250

Finger lickin good. Honey bee feeding on some sugar/honey syrup on my finger

Insect macro.

Macro de inseto.

This picture was taken in Sinharaja Forest Reserve - Sri Lanka

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Hoverfly on the car. Think this one wanted it's photograph taken. Focus stacked using zerene

Australia 2011/12

Female Calico Pennant at sunset

Taken handheld (continuous shooting). Merged 17 frames. Software: Focus Stacker for Mac.

Grande Isle

first day out for a week hunting for stoats ,saw two ,got no pics ,so may-bee this will do

macro in insects

Euploea core

This picture was taken in Sinharaja Forest Reserve - Sri Lanka

euploea core

Fly - Stomorhina lunata on potentilla

Hawthorne shieldbug. Focus stacked using zerene

Seen at Dorset WT site Higher Holme Heath.