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A beautiful dragonfly resting in my garden!! This one being a weak flyer, it couldn't stay on a particular spot for more than few seconds due to strong gusts of wind. Was running behind this beautiful one, hoping it could stay long enough for me to get a sharp image & it was rewarding to finally click this!!

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Hemiptera

Found hundreds of these while hiding at Red Rock Canyon Adventure Park in Hinton, OK

Nervous Mantis - Sony A7S II, Macro Tube, Lensbaby Sweet 22

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This photo was taken at Butterfly Garden, Changi Airport, Singapore.

First shot from this years summer/holiday album.

While in France I noticed these creepy fairly large spiders making haunting webs around the windows in an old barn. This one was tucking into one of his friends!!

I have been informed it only takes a day or two to make a web like this.

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Monarch on a Cone flower

Peacock N00059 Ham Wall RSPB

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Banded demoiselle with intended prey.

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"Fear of Insects"

(Entomophobia)

Phobia

I love insects although some people have an aversion, a phobia about insects, well looking at this tiny golden eyed lacewing you may see from its wings that it loves you '💚'

So therefore please try and overcome any phobias, although this little chap did fly onto my shirt and I couldn't see where it went????

To be honest I did jump a bit Ha' ha' 😂

These green little flies are fortunately harmless to humans.

They are carnivorous and eat soft body insects such as mites, fleas, aphids and mealybugs too, they also eat plants.

The larvae of this fly are carnivorous too and have large hollow jaws used to suck out the juices from their victims .... horrible really 😈 .... like insect vampires .... Don't worry they are tiny 10mm I should image.

It's amazing the life cycles of insects, I can really understand why humans may have phobias about insects and looking at an image of the ugly evil looking larvae of the lacewing I do understand why!!!! 😂

Thank you so much everyone for .... viewing, commenting or favouring my little image .... It's really appreciated "Cheers!"👍👍👍👍👍

Lackford Lakes Nature Reserve

Lackford Lakes Nature Reserve

Fly investigating the Alexander flower heads

Auch im November findet man bei schönem Wetter ein paar kleine Libellen ❤📷💯

Hi There! - Sony A7S II, Fotodiox Macro Tube, Lensbaby Sweet 22

Never thought about doing macro until being in lockdown.. And a macro lens opening a whole new world of photography! Lovely to see these little ones up close.

Taken at Trench Wood in Worcestershire. Nikon D500 with 300mm F4 D AFS

Not able to identify this one... sorry. Doing good pollination work though.

Cuckoo bee collecting nectar.

When the hawks & owls don't show up for their photo sessions then you sometimes have to find something else down & across the trail... (with the 300mm + TC)

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Wasps Like Pollen Too - Sony A7S II, macro tube, Lensbaby Sweet 22

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Obligatory locust borer macro for the year...I guess I just always look forward to these guys...

Centenary Riverside - Rotherham

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A splash of colour to brighten up an autumn day. Definitely an appropriate latin name. What a stunning butterfly.

Common brown butterly on flower head accompanied by a fly. Taken in summer at Bempton during trip to see the Albatross. Sadly missed the Albatross but plenty of other interesting subjects to capture

Migrant Hawker Burton Mere RSPB N00116