This fly seems to consider throwing itself off the leaf, having to bear a mite larger than its head.

Ecuador

Spotted this Ichneumon wasp on the same wall the spider and woodlouse was on.

Honey bee feeding on sugar/honey syrup on a camellia flower. Focus stacked using zerene

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

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

Small fly on the car roof. Focus stacked using zerene

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

Flew right on my car window and it gave me enough time to take a picture i think... not as close as i want but this was taken with a 50mm 1.7

Flintham, Notts. - 19th May, 2014

Large chalcid wasp up to no good on one of my bee hotels. Monodontomerus sp. About 4.5mm body length (not including in the ovipositor)

Large hoverfly Volucella inanis on marguerite

Hoverfly on Hebe. Meliscaeva sp I think

Enjoying life...........

A Monarch landed on my daughter's nose just at the right time!

Milwaukee Public Museum

meadow brown from ingham

I don't know the names but I am very happy to share these flicks..Just as it is. No cropping, no photoshop, no tempering at all. All shot on manual settings. Made my day..

A new wasp for me. Cerceris sp. - feeding on ground elder

A Dragon Fly caught in a 'Fly By'.

A suntanned greenbottle fly

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.

Small gall wasp. Focus stacked using zerene

Insects

Montmorency Mai 2013

Dragon Fly resting after feasting on the thousands of gnats at the lake.

Spotted Grasshopper, Morni Hills, Haryana July, 2005

Formicidae

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

Large hoverfly Volucella zonaria on hebe. Natural light

It is less than 1cm in size.

Resting on Braken, catching some rays.

Its been a while since I've posted a shot the same day it was taken. I managed to get my camera out for a few minutes after my lunch today. That is until the bees chased me off! ;-)