Brookside Gardens - monarch

Hoverfly Myathropa florea close up. Focus stacked using zerene

San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua

A Red Abdomen Wasp was feeding on Queen Anne's Lace while a Leafcutter Bee flew by.

Alameda, CA

I have plenty of shots of these but loved the nice contrast in this one

Insect / Insecto

in Larousse du XX siècle, 1928

Blue bottle fly feeding on sugar/honey syrup on a camellia leaf. Focus stacked using zerene

'Every moment of this strange and lovely life from dawn to dusk, is a miracle. Somewhere, always a rose is opening its petals to the dawn. Somewhere, always, a flower is fading in the dusk.'

Beverley Nichols

texture thanks to PaintedWorks.

This male looks at me with mild curiosity

A large cricket in Corfu. Approximate 2" in length.

Miner bee in a camellia flower

Something a little different: Black corsair assassin bug (Melanolestes picipes) Dick Nichols Park, Austin, 3/22/19. 12-20 mm long. Feeds on other insects, can inflict a painful bite if handled, but does not transmit disease with its bite (unlike some other true bugs.)

Bark fly on the car

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Little green friend visiting me on our deck while I'm browsing away on my iPad.

Les chardons des sentiers du Verdon sont très chargés en papillons. un régale pour les amateurs de macro

Garden Mantis ( Orthodera ministralis ). I think :-)

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I'm coming out

I want the world to know

Got to let it show

I'm coming out

I want the world to know

I got to let it show

There's a new me coming out

And I just had to live

And I wanna give

I'm completely positive

I think this time around

I am gonna do it

Like you never knew it

Ooh, I'll make it through

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Seen in Renee's garden, Summer 2007.

Heleomyzid fly

Zitronenfalter im Wald.

Mating narcissus flies. two of the rather different colour schemes these come in. The male was continuosly flapping it's wings during this.

Meredon equestris

Sur les bords de la rivière de la Pierre Saint Martin, les libellules sont abondantes. Certaines sont si gentiles à s'arreter quelque instant pour se faire prendre en photo (Cosinon 135 mm + bague de 24 mm)

At the border of the river at La Pierre Saint Martin (Pyrenés), there are lot of fireflies. Some of them are so kind to stop flying and to allow me taking a picture (Cosinon 135 mm + 24 mm tube).

Darter dragonfly close up. Focus stacked using zerene

Digger wasp having a drink. Ectemnius sp. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

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in our garden

Testing Nauticam CMC1

La Guêpe commune

For me this is the most beautiful bumblebee, love the colours.

Remembering your scent, wherever I saw a flower,

I smelled it and tears began to pour.

Wherever I saw a cypress in the meadow,

I kissed its feet in memory of you.

– Rumi. ╰☆╮