Hoverfly in the "studio". I temporarily kidnapped this hoverfly from outside and fed it some sugar/honey to keep it busy whilst I took some shots. Focus stacked using zerene. I did release it where I trapped it.

Found in my edible garden.

Flies do it too you know...

....the aphids in my garden

Common wasp finally gets a feed on a syrup feeder (no red ants on it)

Thanks for dropping by my friends! I will be posting some of my memoirs from my recent vacation to the Philippines which are mostly about my "Visita Iglesia".

Enjoy your weekend everyone :-)

Insectes

I do not know insects any better than I do flowers.

Backyard Garden

Grasshopper

In my garden.

About a half inch long, they are fairly common but keep low to the ground in flight. This one is feeding on Buckwheat.

MLK Shoreline RP, Oakland, CA

Davidsons Marsh

Love is like a butterfly, it goes where it pleases and it pleases wherever it goes.

Love is like a butterfly, hold it too tight, it'll crush. Hold it too loose, it'll fly.

Rutpela maculata

Jardin aux papillons de Vannes

183/365

Half way!!! :-D

Explore #123

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Tiny insect. 70 mm Sigma

Chasewater CP, Staffordshire.

Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary in the Forest of Dean this afternoon. Today was the first time this year I've seen them and they were all looking very fresh.

they are coming

Lestes Sponsa - Male

Male darter dragonfly by the pond. Focus stacked using zerene. Oshiro 60mm

Le bousier est un coléoptère coprophage appartenant à la famille des scarabéidés. Ils se nourrissent presque exclusivement d'excréments et de résidus de parturitions.

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Darter dragonfly on a stick

Sony dsc

Found this moth the other night resting on my dining room window.The camera was handy so here it is,

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28 stacked photos with manual rail, 1 flash with DIY diffuser, processed with Helicon Focus, LR & PS

This picture was taken in Sinharaja Forest Reserve - Sri Lanka

Honey bee feeding on potentilla - well on a drop of sugar/honey syrup I'd put there. Focus stacked using zerene

Long Island, NY