Bassingham, Lincolnshire

Taken handheld (continuous shooting). Merged 15 frames. Software: Focus Stacker for Mac.

Pollinators at work

Hays Nature Preserve

A female Spreadwing damselfly (Lestes species) inserting her eggs in a plant stem. This plant is growing in a dry pond bed. When the pond fills with water the larvae will hatch from the egg and fall into the water to develop. Smith Farm, Maryland

Jumping plant louse (Psyllid). Focus stacked using zerene

NP De Biesbosch, NL.

nikon d700, jupiter 21

Rove beetle

Denmark May 2016

I found this struggling in my pond. I pulled it out and discovered it is quite pretty close up. From its head to the end of its wings is about 2.5mm

Saint Ouen en Belin juillet 2018

honeybee on one of the last flowers of this year

Lower Rhine, Germany.

Or is it a J-Lo ant?

Hoverfly feeding on crocus flower. Focus stacked using zerene. Using a canon 60mm EF-s macro lens with 65mm of ext tubes

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Nikon D700 | Nikkor AFS-105mm VR Micro | Nikon Speedlight SB700 | Raynox DCR 250 | Macro Diffuser

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Le Grand Bombyle

Plant bug on hollyhock. Focus stacked using zerene

Lavilletertre Oise 08/90

Minolta 700si

Starting to dredge the archives now for pics from the summer that didn't make the cut

Butterfly

Scaeva pyrastri - Syrphidae

la ponte

...hanging out in a rose