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another hoverfly I had no idea that there were so many varieties

Unnatural lighting (flash LOL) vs Natural lighting butterfly shot www.flickr.com/photos/orionmystery/3031172241/ which one do you prefer? :D

 

Carpenter Bee on my Buddleia Shrub

He has a thing for my tomato cages...

Ground beetle on a sunchair. Focus stacked using zerene.

See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/27291873542/ for a 3D version

Hoverfly Rhingia campestris - Highdown, feeding on buddleia. Natural light

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None of the flies (or other insects) in my photos are frozen or dead. None have been manually 'posed'. All are photographed alive and well in their natural environment, unless they are being killed or eaten by another insect in the photo.

 

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Photo from Virunga national park Democratic republic of Congo, DRC.

 

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I have observed that while some specimens of Asian wasp come to the flowers of the ivy to feed on their nectar, others go to hunt insects.

The behavior of the wasps that come to hunt is much more aggressive. They fly constantly among the flowers of the ivy and they are avalanzan against any insect that is in its way, from common flies and syrphids to bees and bumblebees. At this time of the year, the Asian wasp needs a lot of protein to feed its young, and therefore its hunting activity is much higher.

 

He observado que mientras algunos ejemplares de avispa asiática acuden a las flores de la hiedra a alimentarse de su néctar, otros acuden a cazar insectos.

La conducta de las avispas que acuden a cazar es mucho más agresiva. Vuelan constantemente entre las flores de la hiedra y se avalanzan contra cualquier insecto que esté en su camino, desde moscas comunes y sírfidos hasta abejas y abejorros. En esta época del año, la avispa asiática necesita mucho aporte de proteinas para alimentar a sus crías, y por ello su actividad cazadora es mucho mayor.

 

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Not sure what order this is..

Hymenoptera?

Vichada, Colombia

Wasp queen. She did turn round to see what I was doing. Focus stacked using zerene

Male sweat bee. Lasioglossum sp. Focus stacked using zerene

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

Green shieldbug. Focus stacked using zerene

This young grasshopper is just getting his wings but he looks like a happy one, don't you think?

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