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One the end of a wooden park bench where lovers meet. Not sure what these two very tiny flies are. They were so small, I hadn't realised there were actually two until I got them focused with the macro lens. With insect populations under a relentless human siege, these two are doing good work. Keep going you two and don't mind the camera lens.
This caterpillar, Pieris brassicas has been parasitised by the parasitoid wasp Cotesia Glomerata. After feeding on it's host internally it eventually eats its way out to form these yellow cocoon clusters, which the caterpillar then constructs a silk web that provides the developing parasitic wasp with extra protection, which in turn helps protects them from being parasitised themselves.
“We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey.”
~John Hope Franklin
A pair of ambush bugs (Phymata sp.) sharing a romantic meal. The unlucky fly may be Pollenia sp. (Montana)
Pristhesancus plagipennis is a large, native assassin bug within Order Hemiptera - the true bugs that have piercing and sucking mouthparts.
True to its common name, this ambush predator stabs the insect prey, injecting saliva that contains enzymes which dissolves the bodily tissues. The assassin bug then sucks out the liquefied tissue through its modified mouthpart beak/proboscis.
25 mm body length.
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This female Sweat Bee is using her mandibles to strip pollen out of a Sourgrass anther and then with her legs she pushes the pollen down to her abdomen.
Sweat Bees in Sourgrass Deconstruction
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (almost 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. In post I used Topaz Sharpen AI, Denoise AI, and Clarity in that order. I was holding on to the flower's stem with my left hand, and then resting the lens on that same hand to help keep the scene steady. Easier to do on days when it's windy since the vibrations that I create when I grab onto the flower are masked by the breeze.
A honeybee buried nose-deep in a cluster of small white lily, foraging for nectar and pollen. The macro shot captures fine details: the fuzzy thorax, banded abdomen, veined wings, and pollen-dusted legs, against a soft green bokeh background.
This is a 4x shot of a Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio machaon) that I raised from a kit. After photographing the critter I released her into my yard. Image taken in Bacoli, Italy in May of 2020.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (set to 4x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the key), E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Sharpen AI and Clarity in that order.
I was outside my house in the late summer when i noticed 2 bumblebees together. They were really drinking and chilling with each other for long, almost like they were friends/best buddies! Of course i wanted to photograph them, so i took my shot, making me have this result!
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Species: Common carder bee and garden bee, akkerhommel and tuinhommel 🇳🇱, åkerhumle and hagehumle 🇳🇴 (bombus pascuorum and bombus hortorum)
the ornamental grasses must be producing something sweet for a stretch there because there was a lot of ant activity, which made for some fun photo sessions
backyard capture in chesterfield
Slender Neuropteran, with wings held in tent like position over body when at rest. It is easy to see how these insects can often be mistaken for damselflies.
Adult antlion close crop to highlight the eye.
Genus Myrmeleon.
40 mm length
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A close look at a common ringlet butterfly (Coenonympha california) in Montana. They are delightfully fuzzy up close.
Eigentlich wollte ich nur die männliche Spitzfleck Libelle knipsen, in diesem Moment kam die gemeine Becherjungfer noch ins Bild geschossen 😁
Auch wenn ich den Hintergrund etwas zu wirr finde so ist es doch noch ein schönes Bild geworden finde ich.
I must have caught this female Sweat Bee right as she started foraging for Sourgrass pollen because she does not have any on her abdomen. Image taken in Bacoli, Italy in April of 2020.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (set to about 2x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT, E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC. This is a single, slightly cropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Sharpen AI, Clarity, and Denoise AI in that order.