Compost fly on blue plastic lizard. Scatopse sp.

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Bugs were out playing on the Butterfly Bush this evening! It attracts more than just butterflies as you can see...great macro practice for me and very entertaining too! i do not know who this little one was puckered up for...perhaps one of the harvestmen, or the sweet little lightning bug on the other leaf!

Spring is here ;-) !!

This cranefly definitely has escaped from a spiderweb

I used to collect cicadas when I was a kid so I can't hold it against her! I still really like them. They're so freakish!

Common name: Leopard Flower, Blackberry lily, Kabo Leitheng (Manipuri)

Botanical name: Belamcanda chinensis Family: Iridaceae (iris family)

Perennial, Iris-like herb; leaves in fans on branching stems. Flowers 6-parted, yellow to orange-red, spotted with maroon or purple, give it the name leopard flower. Fruit is a black berry. Belamcanda chinensis or Blackberry Lily derives its name from the clusters of shiny black seeds exposed when seed capsules split open. Even though it is called a lily it is actually in the Iris family. Fan-shaped leaves will reach 2 to 3 feet. They are hardy from zones 5 -10 in the U.S. Blackberry Lilies are native to China and Japan. Belamcanda chinensis need partial shade to full sun. In the greenhouse, we use a soil mixture consisting of 2 parts peat moss to 2 parts loam to 1 part sand or perlite. Let the soil dry in between waterings. Fertilize monthly during the growing season. In the winter months, water sparingly. If grown outside, plant rhizomes 1 inch deep in a well-drained soil.

taken at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary near Naples, Florida

See original size here farm4.staticflickr.com/3766/13555195585_d42b8197bf_o.gif for animation.

This bee fly decided to do some proboscis exercises. Natural light shot sequence

On a leaf of an Apple tree

I think I am finally getting a hang of this Macro thing!

a member of Stink Bugs

Family Pentatomidae

7-spot ladybird on camelia leaf - another slightly unexpected visitor feeding on sugar/honey spray

This was crawling on the cable for my trackball. It was taken with a USB microscope.

Took a snap of a bee that was hanging around the garden

Micro moth in the "studio" . Focus stacked using zerene

Are they fighting or the male want to mate? I don't know.

Taken in The Wetland Park, N.T., Hong Kong.

Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand

Unknown insect seen in Gunung Gading National Park, Malaysian Borneo.

Speckled wood butterfly on miniature hebe.

Plant bug on old camellia flower. Focus stacked using zerene

Large just like its name. This mosquito does not bite. This insect shows luminescence when photographed.

Seymour, CT

Cropped

Ptit cocc perchée

A "model" micro moth. Behaved very well whilst I took quite a few shot sequences. Focus stacked using zerene

View LARGE On Black

7-spot ladybird. Focus stacked using zerene

Green shieldbug nymph

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