Dear Robber uncle : Lucky to get this one...that gave 30 sec. for taking position and shooting. Extension tubes loaded so could not move back for the full body coverage. I was kneeling down, my tripod was high, took both the hands around the tripod and took support like a third hand :-)

Found this squash bug on a window frame looking as if it was trying to break in. A Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis. focus stacked using zerene.

The Cynthia group of colourful butterflies, commonly called painted ladies, comprises a subgenus of the genus Vanessa in the family Nymphalidae. They are well known throughout most of the world. Wikipedia

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December 23, 2016

Dolichopid fly on sunchair series. Focus stacked using zerene

Taken a while a go on my old camera

The wasp and all his numerous family

I look upon as a major calamity.

He throws open his nest with prodigality,

But I distrust his waspitality.

-- Ogden Nash

Paper wasps gather fibres from dead wood and plant stems, which they mix with saliva, and use to construct water-resistant nests made of grey or brown papery material. This paper wasp is the Ropalidia marginata, widely distributed across India.

Male Hylaeus bee on potentilla flower. Focus stacked using zerene

female wasp spiderer

Hylaeus bee on potentilla. I moved the bee from the car to a potentilla flower so it could feed. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on camelia leaf.

Comma butterfly taking the sun in the garden. Strong natural light

Sawfly on margeurite petal

The larvae turn into the mature Cicadas and escape through the top of the shells.

Managed a couple of closer shots before he flew off :-)

shot with modified Minolta 35-70 on Sony A77.

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This beautiful Green Dragonfly came to visit me in the back yard today.

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Large red damselfly on a beech leaf by the pond. Natural light

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

textures thanks to Kerstin Frank.

a "zombie" drone wasp. Rescued from drowning in a pot of water. It's eyes had largely lost their colour.

Harlequin ladybird on bamboo leaf

Blue mason bee female on a tin dustbin lid. Focus stacked using zerene. Osmia caerulescens. See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/19170363995/in/dateposted-pub... for a 3D version

un peu rare à cette saison, on les voit plus au début de l'été, voire au printemps.

www.inra.fr/opie-insectes/pdf/i148brulin.pdf

www.bestioles.ca/insectes/ephemeres.html

www.bestioles.ca/insectes/ephemeres.html

www.insectesjardins.com/Ephemeroptera.htm

foret-fontainebleau.over-blog.net/article-l-ephemere-l-in...

Wikipédia: [Les éphémères constituent le groupe d'insectes ailés le plus primitif et, du point de vue phylogénétique, représente le groupe frère de tous les autres ordres insectes ailés. Près de 2 500 espèces sont recensées dans le monde, répartis en sept familles. Insectes de tailles moyenne à petite, ils sont associés au milieu aquatique où les femelles pondent leurs œufs.

Les adultes (dits en France « mouches de mai ») sont connus pour avoir une durée de vie très courte (leurs pièces buccales atrophiées ne leur permettant pas de se nourrir) contrairement aux larves qui peuvent subsister jusqu'à trois années. Celles-ci sont aquatiques et peuvent être phytophages, détritophages ou carnivores.]

Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand

Same ladybird larva a little later tackling a bigger aphid. Focus stacked using zerene

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

Mint moth on osteospermum flower. Natural light

Taken in the park at University for Peace