Dear Robber uncle : Lucky to get this one...that gave 30 sec. for taking position and shooting. Extension tubes loaded so could not move back for the full body coverage. I was kneeling down, my tripod was high, took both the hands around the tripod and took support like a third hand :-)

... wonder what all shapes they come in. :)

macro

Kärrblomflugor (Helophilus) är ett släkte i familjen blomflugor.

Många blomflugor i detta släkte är stora och iögonfallande, upp till 17 millimeter långa. De har en svart grundfärg med artspecifika gula parfläckar på bakkroppen. Behåringen är kort. Många, till exempel alla i Sverige förekommande arter, har tydliga gula eller gråaktiga strimmor på ryggskölden. Längd 9 till 17 millimeter.

This image was captured in my garden. I managed to get quite close to the bee.

// Insect //

A butterfly sunning itself

Comma butterfly taking the sun in the garden. Strong natural light

Jumping Bush Cricket - Orocharis saltator. In my backyard in Central PA. About 20mm long.

The larvae turn into the mature Cicadas and escape through the top of the shells.

shot with modified Minolta 35-70 on Sony A77.

The short lifespan of the adult mayflies (usually one day or less) leave the surface of Lake Hatchineha blanketed with hundreds of thousands of the insects. Each female mayfly will lay 400 to 2,000 eggs until she becomes fish food.

Mit seinem schwarz-gelben Streifenmuster versucht der Widderbock (Clytus arietis ) eine wehrhafte Wespe zu imitieren, um so Freßfeinde abzuschrecken. Den vollkommen harmlosen Käfer findet man von Mai bis Juli in Wäldern, Hecken, Streuobstwiesen oder wie hier auf meinem Balkongeländer

Just a shot to show the face of my solitary bee.

Kerr Wildlife Management Area, Kerr County, Texas, USA.

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Took these at Strumpshaw Fen today ;-)

painted lady butterfly

This potter wasp took some time tearing bits of petal from the top of an unopened potentilla flower in it's search for caterpillars. Shot + 1 minute from first shot

Hawker dragonfly in the garden hung up on a hebe shrub. See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/43218496665/ for a 3D version

This is a photo of a butterfly and I did not take it, pepemos took it

the link to the original is

flickr.com/photos/miraloqueveo/1293347113/in/pool-olympus...

I thought that it was a good photo and I wanted to do something with it...

this is the first time perhaps the only time I edit someone else's photo

Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand