Tavascan, Catalan Pyrenees

Common darter dragonfly in the garden. Natural light

Well I went looking for the tiny bees I found in the park the other day, couldn't see them anywhere, but I did find this pretty fly that alighted on a leaf for a few seconds for me to catch a shot. It is so shiny my outline is reflected in the blue of its back.....also, the blue sky, the green behind me, not very clear I know but still that is what it is!...hope someone can ID it. Little yellow face and great red eyes......PS. Wishing everybody a really Happy Christmas and New Year Season from our house to yours!!!

CANON EOS 700D

Oedémère noble

A darter dragonfly visited the garden yesterday. Gave me an opportunity to try my new 5Dmk2 / MPE-65 combo. Natural light /fill flash

Miner bee sitting on a sun chair

Taken in Autreppes, France.

Its one of my close shoot when flying insect are mating.

Tawny mining bee sequence. Female Andrena fulva feeding on cotoneaster. Natural light.

A beautiful looking bee

Darter dragonfly on the fence again. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Miner bee Andrena haemorrhoa on my finger. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on crocus. Eggs visible in the abdomen

Small fly on the car roof. Focus stacked using zerene

Having a drink. taking with a Nikon D7000 / Sigma 70mm lens.

Large hoverfly volucella inanis. Focus stacked using zerene

Explored at #242

Anax imperator is the largest dragonfly in Britain, commonly known as Emperor.

In Europe it is called Blue Emperor

Originally it was an African species, which has spread to Europe as humans once did.

Taken during my vacation last July, using the Canon 100-400mm IS lens

Very little post processing; cropped, increased blacks, and presence, done!

Large hoverfly Volucella inanis on marguerite

So tiny I thought this was an Ant at first sight.

Found this little guy just on the wall infact found loads of these guys this year and not alot of Butterflies ???

A Dragon Fly caught in a 'Fly By'.

A suntanned greenbottle fly

Closer view of spider and plant

lagria atrides à ne pas confondre avec lagria hirta qui elle a l'extrémité antennaire nettement plus courte .Mais toutes les deux sont des coléoptères de la famille des Tenebrionoidés.

Canon EOS 600D EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II

Post-Processing

Cropped

La Coccinelle à sept points - Coccinella septempunctata

Small gall wasp. Focus stacked using zerene

It is less than 1cm in size.

Ladybugs on leaves.

Flower beetle on ox-eye daisy. Focus stacked using zerene. Don't think I've seen this one before