Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

textures thanks to Kerstin Frank.

Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand

this is a tiny hoverfly on a floret of sedum plant, used my super macro lens for the first time.

My first sign of spring.

insect .. flowers

Miner bee Andrena haemorrhoa in a pear blossom. Focus stacked using zerene

Mint moth on osteospermum flower. Natural light

Brookside Gardens Wings of Fancy Exhibit

Le clairon commun (Trichodes alvearius) - Cleridae

This is a photo of a generic flying insect

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Genus Chrysopa or Chrysoperla. Most of them look alike, and are hard to identify down to genus, much less to the species. They mainly eat aphids.

Loads of these around ;-)

This taken Natural light without flash

In my back garden

hover flies

Taken after a volunteer morning at YWT.Upper Dunsforth Carrs.

Rhagonycha fulva / Common red soldier beetle / Rood soldaatje

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Largish weevil. found 2 of these wrapped inside a maple leaf

They're normally pretty reliable, emerging on St Mark's day, but this year they were out a couple of weeks ago.

Hell in a handcart.

Any thoughts on this being an immature or female Swamp Spreadwing? Quite a large damsel and wasn't able to get the whole length in focus.

Dragonfly

Spotted:

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Sweat bee Lasioglossum calceatum male on marguerite. Focus stacked using zerene

klein vliegje

Found a Hylaeus bee looking cold and dejected sitting on the car. After taking a few photos, I let it walk onto my finger to warm up and then transferred it to a potentilla flower to feed

This is a photo of a butterfly and I did not take it, pepemos took it

the link to the original is

flickr.com/photos/miraloqueveo/1293347113/in/pool-olympus...

I thought that it was a good photo and I wanted to do something with it...

this is the first time perhaps the only time I edit someone else's photo

114 in 2014

Marmalade hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus enjoying some sugar/honey syrup. Focus stacked using zerene

Allons à ConFesse

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A very beneficial predator of whiteflies, aphids, and larvae on agricultural crops, it is only about a quarter inch long. Here it is nectaring on a Queen Anne's Lace.

Alameda, CA

Nomada bee

found in house last night. it was injured-3rd left hind leg was lost and some part of left body was bitten by something

Wasp queen. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Rescued drone wasp. I did release the wasp after seeing no sign of a spider. See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/11080208525/ for before the rescue

I Know, Im supposed to put a self portrait here, but I already have a few so I went with this one..

You must view this large to see all the details.

The dragonfly is eating an insect,

Alright, so now about me...

Hmm how to start.

1. I know its going to be a shock but,,, I am TERRIFIED of insects. Yes thats right I am afraid of them.. I dont know how I manage to get their photo. They are fascinating creatures, but I prefer to stay away.

2. One huge excemption to #1.. I love butterflies.. I think they are beautiful. Thats why I always wear one.. You can find them on my logos, my home, my office... you get the point.. :D

3. I am a very strong believer that things happen for a reason. Its like that saying " whatever doesnt kill you, makes you stronger"..

4. I like all colors but my favorite is purple..I even have my room painted purple. I know, its weird, but thats me.

5. I beleive that people are good deep inside, even if they have done something wrong. I care about everyone in my life, even if they have hurt me. I always put everyone else's needs before my own.

6. My son Adrian is my strengh that keeps me going day by day.. without him, I dont know where I would be. I thank God everyday for giving me my son. Let me tell you, its hard, but when you come home from a very stressful day at work and you hear that 'Mommy your here" and see him with arms open wide, everything dissappears and its just Adrian and I. Its all worth the fight :D

7.. I was born in November. I am a scorpio, just like my friend Rashid ( who btw tagged me).

8. I love nature and animals. I belong to the Peta organization, I really dont like it when I see someone being cruel to an animal. I love to go out for walks and be outside. No BUGS though :P. I love the water. Always wanted to live close to a river.

9. I love music, singing is one of my hobbies. All types of music is fine.. as long as it has a good melody.

10. Finally.... I want to travel all over the world. Experiencing new cultures and meeting new people seems very exciting to me.

Ohh wow Finally Im done. It took me forever to finish..

Ok im back with the people i want to tag..(mmwwuahahaha)

1. Cheetu: www.flickr.com/photos/26432590@N02/

2. Sammy: www.flickr.com/photos/26477941@N02/

3. Khawar: www.flickr.com/photos/33423399@N06/

4. Valentin: www.flickr.com/photos/valentinhue/

5. Heradia: www.flickr.com/photos/heradia/

6. Saangeta: www.flickr.com/photos/sangeeta08/

7. RASHID: (again :P) www.flickr.com/photos/rashid4u/

8. David: www.flickr.com/photos/dsmphoto/

9. Chobiwala: www.flickr.com/photos/chobiwala/

10. Miss Angela: www.flickr.com/photos/angelacphotography/

11. Baby Smak: www.flickr.com/photos/smakk/

Lets see how many of you guys do the tag..

So this is a little about me.

Have a wonderful day everyone.

~*Visha*~

(Copyright © 2012 K Harwin)

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Its been a while since I had the Macro Lens on but a few minutes in the garden and here’s the result.

Hoverflies, sometimes called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae.

Equipment & Settings Used.

Camera: Canon EOS 60D

Lens: Canon EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)

Aperture: f/8.0

Focal Length: 100 mm

ISO Speed: 400

Software: Adobe Lighroom 3

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Ants and aphids