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saw this little guy outside hiding under the broom. haven't seen one in ages so it was a nice surprise
This roseate skimmer posed for me for at least 10 minutes. He just sat on that branch and let me come very close and take shots from several angles.
I rediscovered an old camera that was sitting in a closet for years. I'd forgotten how much I liked the macro feature on it. So here is a pic I took in my front yard.
American Painted Lady (Vanessa virgiensis)
caught @ Atlanta, GA
"There are two seasonal forms of the adults. The early season form is larger and more brightly colored while the late season form is smaller and is paler in color with reduced black markings (Opler and Krizek 1984)"
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Unkown insect, photographed near the Riviera Maya coast, on the grounds of the Grand Sirenis resort, between Playa del Carmen and Tulum, in Mexico. EDIT: Identified as a froghopper by Michael Marlow. Thanks!
Tamron SP Di 90mm F/2.8 Macro, Raynox DCR-250 and off camera Yongnuo YN-560 III. Quite a crop on this one - that thing was small!
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One of the many amazing butterflies in the Butterfly Rainforest at the Florida Museum of Natural History on the UF campus.