Finally I found another interesting bug to photograph. Very martian looking I think. Between the rain showers and the wind, it was a challenge.

Nomada bee feeding on Euphorbia. Probably Nomada marshamella

Large, like a Blue-eyed Darner, but I could not ID it.

MLK Shoreline RP, Oakland, CA

Anatrytone logan

17 June 2018

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Dung fly on camelia leaf feeding on sugar/honey syrup. Focus stacked using zerene

Male darter dragonfly by my pond

an explorer of his world

Von unten schaut ein Schwefelkäfer zu.

Roter Weichkäfer - Rhagonycha fulva

Rote Weichkäfer werden 7 bis 10 Millimeter lang. Sie sind fast am ganzen Körper rotgelb gefärbt, nur die hinteren Enden der Deckflügel sind dunkel. Sie leben auf Feldern, Wiesen und in Gärten, insbesondere auf Doldenblütlern. (wikipedia)

a Microterys seyon wasp of the Encyrtidae in the pomegranate bush in the garden - these beautiful wasps are a regular sight in autumn and winter but never seem to see them in high summer.

in my garden

This tiny moth nicely posed on a dewy leaf early this morning

This one was in bad shape when I found it.

Swallowtails visit my butterfly bush daily but his is the first really perfect specimen I have seen. Most have defects, IE: broken tails, damaged wings, etc!

Monarch Butterfly

Salisbury, MO

one of several Heterotoma planicornis bugs of the Miridae found in the bay tree in the garden

Male. Common, but certainly a dazzler. Lacassine NWR, Cameron Parrish, Louisiana.

Small soldier fly

Bumble bee in defensive posture

A rather sad looking damp male Colletes bee- out all night in a rain shower.

Focus stacked using zerene

don't know what this is but he apparently likes the leaves on my apple tree

Some kind of ant crawling around on top of a leaf in the garden.

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Lake Katherine

I am still seeing some dragonflies but as it gets cooler they are becoming more scarce and harder to capture.

Miner bee female Andrena haemorrhoa. Temporarily grounded by cloud

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Tiny fly with backpack on marguerite. A mite of course

This is the smallest insect I have managed to get a photo of.Taken with the Mpe at 5x mag and uncropped.