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Sweeping up leaves on the garden path the other day, I spotted this high speed small beetle scurrying around. Went in the house to get a glass and card to trap it with. Spent another 10 minutes trying to find it gain. Eventually trapped it and took it back indoors. Placed it with a begonia flower and various bits of potential food and water under a glass with the hope it would slow down enough for me to photograph it. Fast forward to the next morning when it was still running around at high speed but did spend a little time exploring the flower. I eventually decided I had to try and get some shots before releasing it. Id'd it as Notiophilus biguttatus and beautiful looking beetle with rather large eyes.
this was taken at the Hort Park's Butterfly Garden. They're really tame, so its like shooting at the zoo really
You might wake up some morning
To the sound of something moving past your window in the wind
And if you're quick enough to rise
You'll catch the fleeting glimpse of someone's fading shadow. Bob Lind
A rather bright beetle on a miniature Hebe - assume it's a lily beetle. Focus stacked using zerene stacker
My first set of shots of a Hoverfly feeding on one of my favourite flowers for insect photography Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)
Fly Stomorhina lunata feeding on potentilla - well feeding on a drop of sugar honey syrup I'd placed there. Focus stacked using zerene
The Colletes bee following fly. Miltogramma sp. These are klepto parasites of the bee.
Focus stacked using zerene