I have taken very few photos recently what with one thing and another, as the saying goes.

So here is another of one of my favourite flies: I only learned this week that it is a specialist pollinator of Primroses, hence that long proboscis.

Ichneumon wasp

Canon EOS 10D

EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM

Closeup

Another large red damselfly. Love the colouration of these

Macro shot of two insects getting it on.

Southern Pygmy Clubtail (Lanthus vernalis) male landing on my insect net. Catoctin Mountains, Maryland

Fly diffraction test taken at F11

NSW, Australia

"well hello there..." - Mormon Cricket

There was something that struck me as rather comical about this pic. It made me smile, and I hope it does the same for you.

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I don't know the identity

Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand

Late hoverfly - Episyrphus balteatus

two consecutive shots of what look like Sarcophaga carnaria females. Both taken at 1:1 uncropped

As I was watering the garden the other day I noticed this little fellow nearby, and when I looked closer, I saw he was holding a drop of water. I didn't know spiders did that. Not the sharpest shot; hard to shoot macro when the wind is blowing the web, but I couldn't resist the shot of him holding that drop of water.

Darter dragonfly getting warm

Soldier fly Sargus bipunctatus on a windowsill. Only ever see these in the Autumn

Can anyone ID the insect?

Small tortoiseshell butterfly in the garden the other day. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene. See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/12821645224/ for a 3D version.

Neuroptera

More action on aphid infested Milkweed

Today, I counted 10 swamp beetles on this Milkweed plant.

Had an unexpected visitor in the garden the other day - a red admiral butterfly. Natural light/fill flash

Collserola (Sant Feliu de Llobregat)

Retoque con Adobe Photoshop CS5

Jacó, Costa Rica.

I don't yet own a proper macro lens, but at least this little guy held still long enough

A very welcome visitor to the garden, an immature male beautiful demoiselle damselfly. Last time I had one in the garden was 8 years ago. Panorama using 2 shots stitched with Microsoft ICE

macro bee

"... for everything i own, well its nothing till i give it to you..."

Bark fly on a water barrel, focus stacked using zerene stacker

Smallish dark hoverfly. Probably Cheilosia pagana