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The Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) is a species of scarab beetle. Due to the presence of natural predators, the Japanese beetle is not considered a pest in its native Japan. In North America and some regions of Europe, it is a noted pest to roughly 300 species of plants. Some of these plants include roses, grapes, hops, canna, crape myrtles, birch trees, linden trees, and others.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_beetle
Popillia japonica. Columbia, South Carolina. USA
Hello All!
It is time for my annual rant!
Dandelions are a very early and important source of nutrition for our pollinators. In fact, one year I spotted a Ruby-throated Hummingbird nectaring on a dandelion! So please think twice about ridding your property of them. After all, weeds are only misplaced flowers!
Enough of my rant .... This is the first Hoverfly that I've spotted this year. Now with spring into full bloom, I'm sure there will be lots of bugs and bees to photograph!
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It is a spread-winged skipper butterfly found throughout tropical and subtropical South America, south to Argentina and north into the southern part of the United States of America. It cannot live in areas with prolonged frost. It is a showy butterfly, with wings of light brown tinted with iridescent blue, and two long tails extending from the hindwings. The robust body is light blue dorsally. It has a large head, prominent eyes, and a wingspan between 4.5 and 6 centimeters.
Mating Common Blue Damselflies at Loughbrickland Lake, Northern Ireland.
Canon 7d2 with Canon EF100mm macro lens
1/320 sec, f8, ISO 800
Taken yesterday at my local nature park. It's handheld using manual focus as the reed was moving up and down due to the strong breeze and auto focus was impossible. This is a big crop (approx 50 percent)
Ants touch each other with their antennae when they meet. Each ant colony has a unique smell, so members recognize each other and sniff out intruders.
What a thrill it was for me to be visited by this Hummingbird Clearwing as it darted frenetically to multiple milkweed flowers, extending its long proboscis into each floret and extracting the nectar that sustains it.
Like hummingbirds, it hovers as it feeds, beating those clear wings up to 70 beats per second, which surprisingly is faster than hummingbirds, whose wingbeats average 53 beats per second!
The Clearwing above is often called a Cinnamon Clearwing due to its coloration. The other less common variety is the Snowberry Clearwing, showing a yellow and black coloration.
Due to their fast wingbeat and constant movement among the flowers, it is VERY difficult to get a clear and focused image of these monts. As you can see from EXIF info on the right, I had my shutter speed at 1/2000 and my aperture at f/3.2, and I STILL didn't get the clear standard that I try to hold myself to. Still, I'm happy with how this turned out.
This is the first in a three-image series that I will be posting...
Enjoy!
It is native to North America. The adult male of the species is up to 4.5 cm (1.8 in) long, and the adult female may reach 5.5 cm (2.2 in). The body of the adult is generally yellow-brown in color and the wings are pale with large brown spots. The nymphs are different in appearance. In this species, the coloration of the nymphs is especially influenced by temperature. Two generations occur per year.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schistocerca_americana
Columbia, South Carolina. USA
A honeybee hovers midair beside vibrant pink zonal geraniums, captured at the split second before landing. The dramatic dark background and crisp floral detail highlight the beauty of pollination in motion.
137 species of grass skippers are native to North America. They are usually orange, rust, or brown in colour and have pointed forewings. Adults typically visit flowers and hold their wings together while feeding.
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I was out shooting flowers with the macro lens and along came this bumblebee. I challenged myself to capturing it in manual focus.
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