Thanks Joe for ID help, this is a common Scorpianfly - Order Mecoptera (Scorpionflies, Hangingflies and Allies) - Family Panorpidae (Common Scorpionflies) - Genus Panorpa.

have no idea what this is ?

Hoverfly Volucella pelluscens in flight. Natural light

a beautiful 2mm Callitula pyrrhogaster parasitoid wasp of the Pteromalidae family found on the cold war bunker in Hastings Country Park - thanks to Maria for the identification

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

So good to have my Lumix back from repair had to have a bit of a play in the garden

Red ant looking for it's aphids on an abutilon plant

Female with prominent ovipositor. Found mid-day on a sidewalk. Cell phone photo from just a few inches away.

DuPage Co., IL

Insect

Hoverfly Myathropa florea. Focus stacked using zerene

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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A portrait of a Shield Beatle.

Found loitering in my garden looking for a modelling job.

Entered into The Salisbury Camera Club, 2015 Nelson photographic Challenge

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

A Fritillary, maybe? Gulf?

This dragonfly posed for quite a while in the garden.

Found a cold and slightly damp nomada bee sitting on a Philadelphus leaf the other morning. Focus stacked using zerene

Macro from my new garden.

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Small plant bug

hidden in the grass near our house, thank you to Jason for the id

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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Bumble bee on lavender flower head,

Eating and having fun at the same time:)

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Butterfly Pavilion, Denver, CO

Stick insect

Common darter dragonfly in the garden. Natural light

An aphid memorial. An aphid parasitized by a wasp . Focus stacked using zerene

So much for the old adage that animals don't Poop where they eat!!LOL

Kensington Metro Park, MI

Love in the time of grasshoppers / L'amour au temps des sauterelles