A beetle after the rain.

Rutpela maculata

Digger wasp Ectemnius sp. enjoying some sugar/honey syrup on a wheelie bin lid. Focus stacked using zerene

London 5/10/2018

Macro

Polygonia C-album L.

This ones a Ischnura from the Coenagrionidae family.

Not sure about the exact species though. Could be any one of these 3 - Ischnura aurora / Ischnura senegalensis /Ischnura forcipata

Male sweat bee. Lasioglossum sp. Doing some proboscis exercises

But good luck for this tiny spider which was enjoying its lunch as I approached with my camera.

I think the swamp is beautiful close up and this is the season for butterflies. The only problem was, I had on the 400mm lens which is not the best butterfly lens.

Het achterlijf is geheel zwart, op één blauw segment (het achtste) na, waarvan de naam Lantaarntje is afgeleid. Bij bewolkt of zelfs regenachtig weer zijn lantaarntjes vaak de enige libellen die nog rondvliegen. De juffer leeft eerst één jaar, nadat hij uit het ei is gekropen, als larf in het water en overwintert hier ook. Vliegt van eind april tot oktober. De mannetjes leven gemiddeld 7 dagen en vrouwtjes iets langer.

Black biting fly, rescued from my pond. Focus stacked using zerene. See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/37597540392/ for a 3D version

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus

It is hard to believe that a tiny Crab Spider has the speed and power (poison bite) to subdue a Honey Bee. I have seen it a few times before. This time the bee was taking Hummingbird nectar and the spider managed to get up to the feeder.

mayfly from santon

Male red mason bee. Focus stacked using zerene

don't often see these so one for my daily picture

From moth trap in my garden, North Lincolnshire

An image I photographed in my garden.

Mantis Ameles sobre una rama de hinojo silvestre.

Campo de Reus (Tarragona)

Shield Beetle seems to be standing it's Ground against a Human invasion.

I'm pretty sure it's what this ladybug would say to all my wonderful flickr friends if it could speak. :-)

butterfly on a flower

Dragonfly

Dragonflies are the fastest insect in the world.