Working the broccoli patch

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I found this damselfly stuck in the sundew on a log a couple of feet from shore. It was alive, so I tried to free it, reaching with a stick. He flew up in the air and disappeared...not sure where he landed. Didn't go according to plan.

Peacock on Budlia

This one was very curious.

On a windy day and in high grass (no support). How lucky can one be with a sharp shot like this one.

Insects don't take the weekend off :)

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Foz, Lugo (España)

Dunno wht kinda insect is this... If anyone kno da name.. plz say...

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on a gum leaf; not positive but I think it's Metriorrhynchus rhipidius (Lycidae)

Taken in Autreppes, France.

Another in a series of Ladybird macros

Taken with a Canon EF 70-300 USM zoom with extension tubes and flash. This has the advantage of giving a good amount of standoff from the subject which is less likely to be spooked. Lighting with flash allows a small aperture to be used.

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Hoverfly feeding on hebe. Meliscaeva auricollis. Focus stacked using zerene

a 4 spot chaser dragonfly rests above yellow waterlilies at billinge green near northwich

Ivy bee Colletes hederae feeding on ivy flowers

insectes de la Prade de Thuir

calabrone

Hoverfly on crocus. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

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Size:-5mm

Bury, UK

A "devil" micromoth in the "studio". Trapped this little moth on the kitchen window. Acrocercops brongniardella. Focus stacked using zerene

i see that flickr now allows 3 minute videos, previously 90 seconds was the limit, this is a movielet that i had put together previously and can now upload

Quite a rarely spotted moth here in Korea

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