First Nomada bee of the year. Focus stacked using zerene

Honey bee feeding on sugar/honey syrup on a camellia flower. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Male sweat bee. Lasioglossum sp. Focus stacked using zerene

calabrone

HSV Botanical Garden

Another Common Darter lets me get close :-) Loads of these around at present

Leaf Beetle

the heavy wind dislodged it several times and it curved it's body around the leaf it was perched on to help it to stay in place

Common Wasp macro

Soldier fly Chloromyia formosa female on a water barrel. Focus stacked using zerene

An uncommon common blue butterfly. I see one of these about once a year in the garden. Doing a turn animation.

See original size here www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/28661532100/sizes/o/ for animation

Mantidfly (Mantispidae)

Male azure damselfly. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene. See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/26927517553/ for a 3D version

Another Ibizian bug

shot with Canon G9

This female appears to be feeding on another Green Darner. This is the first evidence I have seen that they are cannibalistic.

The hardest part of photographing this grasshopper was finding it in the first place! Very well camouflaged against these leaves.

Pu'er, Yunnan, China

see comments for additional view.....

Red Admiral butterfly. Highdown gardens Worthing. Focus stacked using zerene

Rhyothemis fuliginosa

I think it's the small white, but please correct me if I've got it wrong!

Not so uncommon now....two in three days after a lifetime without seeing one

sel50f18 + 16mm extension tube

Stalking and chasing these wonderful insects can be very rewarding

Processed with VSCO

...in pristine condition.

A rather sad looking damp male Colletes bee- out all night in a rain shower.

Focus stacked using zerene

Fly Stomorhina lunata. Not seen many of these this year

(8mm)

Macro