Photographed in Lucerne, Switzerland

Photographed in Lucerne, Switzerland

Lackford Lakes Nature Reserve

A very small weevil, around 6-7 mm., looking rather majestic atop a leaf. (Brazil)

Carpet moth hiding in the leaves

Tiny Dinosaur - Ambush Bug - Sony A7S II, DLX Stretch, Nikon Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8

Eine Fliege mit zwei Milben am Kopf

Hier habe ich diese süße Schlupfwespe geknipst.💯📷

Sie hat sich für mich extra in Pose gesetzt.😄

I'm going to be a little more in the spotlight, and I'm looking forward to it.”

~Alex Tanguay

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Sobre hoja de asclepia

Ecoparque San Fernando, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Leafroller weevil (ca. 4.5mm, Attelabidae, Coleoptera) from Niaouli forest (Benin, West-Africa, May 2018).

Studio work with an ethanol preserved specimen. Focus stack based on 38 images (50µm step), assembled in ZereneStacker (Pmax & Dmap). Sony A7RM3 (apsc mode), Canon MP-E 65mm at 3x, f4.5, 1/13s, -0.7step, ISO50, diffused ledlight. Cropped image.

This is a female and she was around 11 cm in length.

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These large and unusual butterflies never cease to intrigue and amaze me. They are plentiful at Butterfly World here in Coconut Creek, Florida

Diese Gemeine Becherjungfer fand ich gestern auch noch .❤📷

Endlich geht die Saison wieder los, freue mich auf viele Libellen Fotos. 💯👌

My first dragonfly of the year

This newly emerged female European Blue Mason Bee is one of my bees. I raise Red and European Blue Mason bees. She is called blue due to the blue coloration in her skin. The male of this species has no blue at all. She looks menacing, but they are really very chill and are excellent pollinators.

Tech Specs: Canon 90D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (set to 2x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT, E-TTL metering, -1 FEC. This is a single, slightly cropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Clarity and Denoise AI in that order.

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Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia

Photo by: Julio César González-Gómez

Painted Lady Saltholme RSPB N00136

Pollen Time

Where i was, i saw many insects. Even seeing my first silver-washed fritillary! Then i saw what i thought to be a small blue, because of it's size. Later i discovered that holly blues can also become this size. It was really beautiful and i luckly managed to get it, even though it was far away and not so calm. So, i got my shot, making me have this result!

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Species: Holly blue, boomblauwtje 🇳🇱, vårblåvinge 🇳🇴 (celastrina argiolus)

just be around and click

Looks as though he just might try sliding down the blade of grass.

I was photographing at an area that had many dragonflies, especially darters like the vagrant darter. This one perched nicely on an old poppy. I took my shots, making me have this result!

Later in editing, i zoomed it in, making me have this portrait version of the photo. The original composition of the photo is in my photostream

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Species: Vagrant darter, steenrode heidelibel (sympetrum vulgatum)

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Emperor Dragonfly N00221 Dob Croft D210bob DSC_9547

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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Fly basking in a patch of warm sun and a wooden handrail. A field in Lincolnshire, late April 26.

A man made waterway that feeds an extensive waterfowl refuge in SW Michigan.

Fuji X-T4, converted to 720nm infrared, Tamron 17-70mm f2.8.

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"Holding Station — A delicate moment of stillness captured in the field last month, letting the natural light and soft surroundings tell the story

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This Hoverfly is probably Volucella bombylans, from a modest distance, a convincing bumble bee mimic. Happy Fly Day Friday