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The good thing about the cooler weather is that bugs are a bit sleepy. I certainly wouldn't normally get this close to a wasp!
Found this guy on the side of the New England Patriot's gift shop at Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, Mass.
Dragonfly having an insect for lunch. Let's hope it's a midgie.
Taken near Hunterston Castle during a walk from West Kilbride to Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Insect and flower. I shot this series with Olympus TOUGH TG-5 by using (normal) macro feature. In this case I could not use extended focus because insect was moving way too fast and it was quite challange to get some photos even with normal macro. I shot over 200 photos to get these few. However with compact macro (with small sensor size) this is somewhat easier than with full frame sensor DSLR and macro lens. Hausjärvi, Finland. 28.8.2017
One of the dreaded March Flies. This is a female and she prefers nectar to blood. Wonga Park, Vic, November 2012.
Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies which form the family Papilionidae. There are at least 550 species, and though the majority are tropical, members of the family are found on all continents except Antarctica. The family includes the largest butterflies in the world, the birdwing butterflies of Australia (genus Ornithoptera).
Swallowtails differ from all other butterflies in a number of anatomical traits. Most notably, their caterpillars possess a unique organ behind their heads, called the osmeterium. Normally hidden, this forked structure can be everted when the caterpillar is threatened, and emits smelly secretions containing terpenes. The adults are often tailed like the forked tail of some swallows, giving the insect its name.
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Seen at Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello, Virginia, USA.