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I currently have lots of these in my garden giving me plenty of photo opportunities. This one is a young one at approx 15mm in length.
The Hickory Tussock Moth Caterpillar seems to swing on the breeze on its strands of filaments, moving from tree to tree, and can move up to the tree or down to the ground.
Where i was, there were many insects. This is where i saw many peacock butterfly larvae and my first silver-spotted fritillary. There were many meadow browns on this bunch of flowers, with one gatekeeper, protecting the flowers of course :). It was so beautiful, i just needed to not scare it away. I creeped closer, took my shot and got this beautiful result!
Gatekeeper vs small heath underside:
The underside of the gatekeeper and small heath can be very similar, but there are some major differences if you learn them. Firstly, the size is already a big difference. The small heath is only ~20-30mm in wingspan. The gatekeeper is way bigger then this. Secondly, the brown patterns in general are just slightly different. Thirdly, the big eye spot by the small heath only has 1 white point and by the gatekeeper it has 2 white points. Even though the size can already tell them apart, this can be handy if they are more similar in size (and don't show the other side) and macro shots where it's more difficult to tell the size.
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Species: Gatekeeper, oranje zandoogje 🇳🇱, ❌no common name❌ 🇳🇴 (pyronia tithonus)
Nymph R. microptera with its characteristic black and yellow-striped body.
Young nymphs are highly gregarious, and remain gregarious through most of the nymphal period, though the intensity dissipates with time. Especially at night, they tend to aggregate, and may climb vegetation to rest for the evening.
entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/lubber.htm
Photo taken in Bulow Creek State Park.
I was lining up the hairy flower scarab, metallic beetle, when the paper wasp slipped into the frame — a perfect, unplanned collision of color and motion. Two visitors sharing the same bloom for a heartbeat, turning a simple macro into a small story about chance and wild Florida mornings. Lucky for me I was shooting the right wildflower!
I was about to photograph the butterfly resting on the flower when it suddenly took flight.
No time to prepare, no time to think—just a fleeting moment and one press of the shutter, right in time.
I was pleased with the result, and I’m happy to share this unexpected moment with you.
Nikon Z8+ Nikkor AFS 105F1.4 E ED F1.4 1/2500 ISO64
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This unexpected moment came together through perfect timing, the precise autofocus of the Nikon Z8, and the legendary sharpness of the Nikkor 105mm f/1.4E. This was shot wide open at f/1.4, no Pre-Release Capture and no burst .
Sometimes, everything just comes together.