Nikon D7200, Nikon 200-500mm. 1/1250 sec at f/8, ISO 450, 500mm.

31 May 2017, Cayce, SC, USA.

Lincolnshire

One of my favourite butterflies - I always think the wings look like stained glass.

at my window when I am busy making lunch!

I'll give you a hug

Tell you how much I love you

Because you're so sweet

Bee face

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Trichiotinus texanus. Adults feed on flower pollen. About 15 mm long. Slaughter Creek Greenbelt, Austin.

Bellème Orne France 05-10

Nikon D200

...the last one of this year.

Speckled bush cricket nymph on berberis

Dock bug Highdown gardens. Natural light. Coreus marginatus

La blessure à l'aile de cette libellule m'a permis de la photographier de près.

Much Hadam

Fly - Stomorhina lunata on potentilla

or have I been reading the wrong book?

This insects are so hard to photograph.... luckily thus guy hung midair just long enough!

This picture was taken in Sinharaja Forest Reserve - Sri Lanka

Nikon D700 + Nikkor AFS-105mm + Nikon SB700 + Raynox 250 + Macro Diffuser

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Flying ant female. Natural light.

Not sure if this was a test flight but I didn't see any other flying ants about

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No idea about the species. Pretty plain looking fellow

first day out for a week hunting for stoats ,saw two ,got no pics ,so may-bee this will do

Roswell Area Park

I'm a little upset that's it's not as in focus as it should be. Anyone that knows what this weed is (Beggar's Tick) knows how big the blossom is. That gives you an idea as to the size of the wasp.

Hawthorne shieldbug. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus on the edge of a bird bath. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene. Oshiro 60mm

A particularly fearsome-looking mosquito, especially seen close up.

Just managed to capture this Green Fritillary before it flew off near Birling Gap, East Sussex - July 2015.

Box bug on miniature pine. One of the Squash bugs (Coreidae). Focus stacked using zerene