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Hoverfly - Rhingia campestris - Highdown gdns. Natural light.
I only very rarely see these in my own garden but they were all over the place at Highdown
a Platycranus bicolor mirid bug from gorse opposite the visitor centre at Hastings Country Park - note the hair scales and broad vertex on this late summer gorse specialist
Hawker dragonfly hung up high in a bush. Natural light. I had to get a small stepladder out to take the shots.
One of the prettiest dragonflies we have around here. (I know I say that about so many of the dragonflies I post.) Looking forward to seeing them again this summer. Libellula pulchella, Libellulidae. Central IL, Summer 2012.
Dung fly on my hand. I was trying to stabilise a euphorbia flower head to photograph this dung fly when it hopped onto my hand. Focus stacked using zerene
Had an outbreak of dung flies sunning themselves on my camellia bush the other day. Focus stacked using zerene
This was attracted to the fennel growing in my garden. Please can anyone assist with a positive identification.
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