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A bee snoozing in my garden

... on a butterfly bush

Duxbury, Massachusetts

Still to be named and was taken in Sri Lanka, February 2014.

Insect حشرة

Found several bush crickets on the top of my rhodies looking as if they were searching for a mate so I put two of them together and all I got was a bit of antennae touching and then they walked off in opposite directions. Flash shot. Both missing rear hind legs

Request: If anybody can identify/recognize this species, please let me know. Or any suggestion where I can get more info of this species.

...... loved the sunglow on his wing tip

Bark fly looking for some toilet tissue. Taken on one of my water barrels. Focus stacked using zerene

Swallowtail Butterfly

Chorthippus parallelus

Hoverfly Dasysyrphus albostriatus feeding on Japanese anemone

Female common darter dragonfly on a callistemon. Focus stacked using zerene

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A rather plump signal fly on a camellia leaf. Sepsis sp.

Now i must admit this looks a little gross but it's a better background and in Sunlight :)

Extatosoma tiaratum

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Macro Monday Picnic Theme

A little different to the blankets and wicker picnic baskets but they always seem to join in the fun of a picnic

Dorifora della patata

Colorado potato beetle

The blue mormon [Papilio polymnestor Cramer, 1775] is a large swallowtail butterfly found in South India and Sri Lanka. It is the second largest butterfly in India.

The butterfly is most common in heavy rainfall areas, such as evergreen forests. It is also common in deciduous forests and wooded urban areas, primarily due to the cultivation of its host plants, i.e. the Citrus species.

This butterfly frequents forest paths and streams. The male is fond of sun and avoids the shade. It frequents flowers especially of Mussaenda frondosa, Ixora coccinea, Jasminum species and Asystasia gangetica. Periodically raids thicker forest patches, especially where Atalantia species are to be found in search of females to mate with.

It has a rapid unidirectional flight and frequently changes course, hopping up and down in its flight path. Difficult to catch. Known to bask in the sun. Attracted to damp patch and has greater tolerance to other butterflies and humans while lapping up the mineral rich moisture. Known to visit animal droppings.

The blue Mormon has been recorded as a pollinator of cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum). It is known to mud-puddle.[

Reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio_polymnestor

L'amaryllis

This Lady let me know by her posture when I was getting to close. I love the larvae in the catacomb.

Greenbottle fly

Oak eggar moth on lace hydrangea. I managed to move the moth to a safer position on a lace hydrangea. The sun came out and the moth moved to the underside of a leaf. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

coccinelle