Hover fly approaching a Daisy.

In a quiet embrace of green leaves,

a midnight bee with wings of twilight blue

whispers to a shy lavender bloom,

their dance a secret sonnet of nature's tender touch.

Und noch ein wie ich finde sehr schönes Foto von dem wunderbaren Schmetterling ❤💕

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Lackford Lakes Nature Reserve

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~ Robert Orben

Adela australis

Juvenile mantis (I think Chaeteessa sp.) at night in a Costa Rican forest. Well-camouflaged creatures are among my favorite macrophoto subjects; what seems drab from a distance almost always has beautiful complexity up close. For instance, look at the thin yellow edging at the base of the spines on the raptorial forelegs.

RSPB Lakenheath Fen

Praying mantis at sunrise....

Speckled Wood Burton Mere RSPB N00186

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HIer konnte ich mit meinem Sigma 100-400 diese schöne große Heidelibelle einfangen.

Scarce Chaser Dragonflies (Libellula fulva) @ River Nene, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK

Under heavy shade on a tree, Lacewing larva is on the move looking for Aphids. Some gather debris on their backs and accrue more as they go. They seem to vary as to what they choose to encrust themselves with. Sometimes it is carcasses of the Aphids they have eaten. This one looks to also have gather lichen of some sort.

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Heute habe ich mich mal auf Schmetterlinge konzentriert und es wurde belohnt 😊

Ganz schön flink gewesen der kleine Kerl 😃

Just before take-off I could get this pic.

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Gestern war ich im Garten der Schmetterlinge Schloss Sayn bei Bendorf 📷

Soo viele schöne Falter dort , aber die Lichtbedingungen zum Fotografieren sind schlecht ,man darf kein Blitz verwenden , deshalb die Bilder hier mit hoher ISO .

Aber ich finde die Kamera hat das ganz gut hinbekommen 💯

Not sure what happened to this poor mantis, it didn't stop it from doing it's thing though. Seems like a female probably?

Local field margins

Garden

Photographed in Lucerne, Switzerland

I'm disappointed that I clipped her wing, but she was moving so fast that I barely had time to adjust the frame. In my peripheral vision I could see the flower and the position of it, and those lines, and that's why I framed the scene the way that I did.

Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (3x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the key), E-TTL metering, +1/3 FEC, second curtain sync). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held.

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Heute endlich habe ich diese schöne Libelle gesichtet und sofort mit meiner Kamera eingefangen :)

Die ist einfach nur toll ....

The Australian emperor is an impressively large and beautiful dragonfly.

Within family Aeshnidae, known as the darners and hawkers.

Body length of 80 mm. Wingspan around 11 cm.

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Endlich konnte ich auch das Männchen der Plattbauchlibelle erwischen mit meiner Kamera 😊

Common Blue Damselflies @ River Nene, nr Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK

Insect on a flower near Groenekan on 13-11-2022

A very small insect in the Fly family (Diptera). I was impressed with its plumose antennae, indicating that this is a male midge.

(For you fly-fishing fans, this insect was so small it would have to be tied on a size 22-24 hook!)

Happy Fly Day Friday!

HSOYF!!!!

Photographed in Emmenbrücke, Lucerne (Switzerland) with Sonya6500 & Laowa 60mm

Small White Burton Mere RSPB N0107

wasp carrying wet mud to build its nest.