Came across this last May while at Deception Pass State Park.

Should have put it up then.

(Musgraveia sulciventris, young adult)

In the Tulsa Botanic Garden...

Drinking

explored

Taken 16 June, 2018

Nikon D300

200 mm lens

ƒ/6.7; 1/250; ISO 280

File ref: 20180616-DSC_3049

From moth trap, my garden, North Lincolnshire

Araignée

blue dragonfly

Please, view large

....or a shave.....like Teresa said ....lol

Explore __ September 6, 2008

Ferocious beast with warts and spines making it less likely to be eaten. They moult four times and then pupate before emerging as an adult ladybird.

Nikon D3200 _90mm f/2.8 Macro_

have a happy weekend!

Never seen this insect before no idea what it is Thanks to Simon Robson for the ID Bibio sp

Spotted this ladybird resting on an aquilegia leaf in my garden. Ready to take flight with its wings beginning to open I had to act fast. A few images and it had flown.

Apologies for wrong name given.

Ref: DL-18-07-14-28741

Smile on Saturday Butterflies

I took the photo of the Queen of Spain Fritillary in 2023 in the Cévennes in France.

Yes, so we try to return to our relationship again... me, my garden and its inhabitants. I had an unfortunate fall about a month ago and hurt my shoulder badly. Now the damage from that accident has recovered to the extent that I can comfortably hold my camera.

A stekel of some kind (?) is the first individual to my humble delight to model like this after the new reckoning of time...

Photographed at McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area near Poolesville, Montgomery County, Maryland.

Insect

Lake Katherine

About 3mm in length.

They're pretty rare around here.

Westwood Hills Park, Napa, California. April 2018.