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

Small fly on the car roof. Focus stacked using zerene

Saltique chevronné (araignée sauteuse)

Flew right on my car window and it gave me enough time to take a picture i think... not as close as i want but this was taken with a 50mm 1.7

Large chalcid wasp up to no good on one of my bee hotels. Monodontomerus sp. About 4.5mm body length (not including in the ovipositor)

Large hoverfly Volucella inanis on marguerite

Insects

Little insect on a chrysanth.

Photo made with:

Nikon D300s

Tamron 90mm macro

Soligor extend tubes +68mm

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A new wasp for me. Cerceris sp. - feeding on ground elder

This landed on my foot.

Small gall wasp. Focus stacked using zerene

I think I need to invest in an insect guide. I am finding all kinds of little things to take pictures of with my macro lens but I can't identify most of them.

Dragon Fly resting after feasting on the thousands of gnats at the lake.

Some insects today, This was quite small, found on a wooden gate, thought it was a spider, until i saw it close up, it has 6 legs, can anyone ID this please, not a great image but hopefully good enough for someone to ID

Looks like hes riding a rocket! Viewing large is best... I was actually photographing houses in Bisbee when I looked down and saw this guy!

Hoverfly melanostoma scalare in welsh poppy. Focus stacked using zerene

Flower beetle on ox-eye daisy. Focus stacked using zerene. Don't think I've seen this one before

Canon 55-250 f/4-5.6 + Raynox 250

A bug that appear in my home quite frequently.

Libellule au Lac du Salagou, Hérault (34), France.

iNSECT

Its been a while since I've posted a shot the same day it was taken. I managed to get my camera out for a few minutes after my lunch today. That is until the bees chased me off! ;-)

I was hunting dragons and there were plenty around, but they were zooming around and keeping out of reach for the nanoseconds that they landed. Damselflies were much easier...

but not this one, photographed at the Niagara Butterfly Conservatory.

7-spot ladybird on marguerite. Focus stacked using zerene

A wasp-y looking insect on the astilbe. Insects seem to love the plant, even though to me it smells weird.

Designed by Sebastian Arellano,

folded by me from 40cm unryu treated with PVA

Shhh.They are talking.

This is an Anise Swallowtail caterpillar feeding on Fennel flowers. It looks like it is going to eat another bud, but actually I disturbed it when I bent the flower around into better light and it reared up displaying its horns (osmeterium). They emit a foul odor (which I did not smell) and are a defense again parasitic wasps laying their eggs on its body.

MLK Shoreline RP, Oakland, CA

Lake Arrowhead, Luray, VA

A "flood" effect is added to make the image more interesting!