One of the local pollinators having lunch in the sunshine.

Messingham nature reserve, North Lincolnshire

Lady bird

One from the archive.

Jardin des plantes - Paris

Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris

Darter dragonfly. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Male fulvous forest skimmer or black stream glider (Neurothemis fulvia), This species is widely distributed in southern and eastern Asia and flies throughout the year. Normally found in marshes associated with forest rivers and streams. This specimen photographed in Kenting National Park, Taiwan.

The blue and purples of the garden gave this shot a cool cast, so I just emphasised it slightly.

A beetle after the rain.

Rutpela maculata

Heliconius hewitsoni

Lyons Creek, Desolation Wilderness, Sierra Nevada Range, California

photos prises sur la commune de Toulouse , comme quoi la nature est à nos portes quand on ne goudronne pas tout

This one looks nice :)

Think this must be the last of the better shots :)

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

Syrphidae sp.

Macro

Anantagiri, Vikarabad District, Telangana

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.

Male sweat bee on potentilla

Migrant Hawker showing wing movement.

Parque Natural Sierra de Andújar

One of my favorite species, they are so pretty! Libellula pulchella, Libellulidae. Central IL, Spring 2015.

I haven't been on Flickr much lately. We are having a difficult time where I work and things are very stressful. So, I haven't been able to spend the time to post and comment on others' photos. I also haven't been out with my camera for several weeks. (I've just been doing Instagram from my phone, which is a nice outlet.) Not sure when things are going to turn around but I'll try and post some more here, this community means a lot to me.

Large red damselfly animation. See original size here www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/34999290191/sizes/o/ for animation

mayfly from santon

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

This creature's got some super nice long ones.