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Insects are its color is shiny like this, I just raise the contras was just a little and my image for more detailed pruning no more than that
Epilachna vigintioctomaculata Motschulsky （large twenty-eight-spotted ladybug）
(オオニジュウヤホシテントウ)
Butterflies are brightly colored flying insects with four wings that vary in color and pattern according to species, the wings are covered with tiny overlapping rows of scales.
Butterflies in their adult stage can live from a week to nearly a year depending on the species.
Butterflies feed primarily on nectar from flowers. Some also derive nourishment from pollen, tree sap, rotting fruit. Adult butterflies consume only liquids, ingested or sip water from damp patches for hydration and from which they obtain sugars for energy, and sodium and other minerals vital for reproduction. Several species of butterflies need more sodium than that provided by nectar and are attracted by sodium in salt; they sometimes land on people, attracted by the salt in human sweat.
Butterflies are important as pollinators for some species of plants although in general they do not carry as much pollen load as bees. They are however capable of moving pollen over greater distances.
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San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Escondido, CA
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This was on a vehicle door at work. I first saw it & didn't have time to catch a frame, it was raining. I happened to come back an hour later...it's still there, in the exact same spot, it's still raining,.. I got it. View large to see the cool detail
Nomada bee caught out in the cold by some cloud cover. Shortly after taking this shot, the bee walked onto my hand (I was holding the leaf) walked up my hand and then took off.
Probably Nomada fabriciana
I am not much of an insect photographer, but this one did not chase me so I stood my ground and took a picture.
Daggerwing Nature Center, Boca Raton, Florida
Found a cold and slightly damp nomada bee sitting on a Philadelphus leaf the other morning. Focus stacked using zerene
Archibasis mimetes, male. Coenagrionidae. Murrinja Boardwalk, Daintree National Park, Queensland, Australia.
Macro from my new garden.
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I noticed this bug sitting still and decided to shoot it. It was up on the ceiling of my patio and it wasn't practical to get the tripod set up, so I settled for putting on the flash. The shadow isn't terribly bad, though it's a bit distracting.
The new semester just started, so there won't be much in the way of picture for the next couple months. This is my last semester and will be graduating in August. I've given a bit of thought as to what I'm going to do with my hobbies once I have the time to properly devote time to them. I need to do some soul searching to decide how to take the next step in my photography. I feel like I've hit a plateau and stagnated in my work, and I need to decide how to break through it.
Thanks to all of you who continue to follow my stream even though I've been inconsistent in commenting on your photos.
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Yesterday while I was taking shots of the sawfly for the stack I posted, I spotted this tiny Springtail. I had the camera set up for stack, flash off and wide open lens. So took a few shots and this was the only one that almost made it! Had to crop heavily and fool around trying to make sense of it. So lots of noise etc. I vey seldom see these here. By the time I had reset the camera the little guy had disappeared, not to be found!