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Taken in my garden I think the butterfly is looking for a drink in between the stones as have seen this before, with other butterflies.

The lace hydrangea has started blooming and this small moth (about 10mm body length) is back to enjoy it. Pyrausta aurata .

Focus stcked from 2 pics

Twin-striped Clubtail

Gomphus geminatus

male

Boggy Creek,

La Florista Perdida Management Area

Escambia Co., Florida

28 March 2013

Butterfly drinking nectar

A day at the dandelion patch part deux, little spotted pink beetle

Scale insect on camellia leaf. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly feeding on a scabious flower

Praymantis live in warmer climates.

Male darter dragonfly on the neighbour's decking. There were two of these around ofteb fighting for dominance of the pond. They obviously survived the recent rainstorms. Natural light shots. Focus stacked using zerene stacker

An Assassin Bug nymph snacking on a fly.

Picture taken of a cricket found in our tent in Cornwall.

Cantareira, São Paulo

Red admiral butterfly resting. Strong natural light

Common wasp looking for caterpillars. Natural light

Myrmarachne japonica

My first Large Skipper. Photo copyright Pat Adams

Small plant hopper nymph on a clay pot. Taken at 5:1 FF

Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand

Small cuckoo bee Sphecodes sp. on marguerite flower

Lake Powell //

Dragonflies are some of the fastest insects in the world.

 

At first, I thought this dragon fly was dead, but he slowly revived and flew off after several minutes. Note the tattered wings on the left side. Length = 2.5 inches. Wingspan = 3 inches.

Sawfly is the common name for insects belonging to suborder Symphyta of the order Hymenoptera. Sawflies are distinguishable from most other Hymenoptera by the broad connection between the abdomen and the thorax, and by their caterpillar-like larvae. The common name comes from the saw-like appearance of the ovipositor, which the females use to cut into the plants where they lay their eggs. Large populations of certain sawfly species can cause substantial economic damage to forests and cultivated plants.

Olympus Zuiko 70-300 f4.5-5.6 ED

  

500px

Colorful dragonfly

 

Away from the landscapes and portraits, i try to indulge in macro scene using a newly acquired sigma 70-300mm...

This poor thing looks like it went threw a storm. I managed to take this picture with its wings spread despite the strong winds.

Small muscid fly. Coenosia sp. Just starting to take off. The next shot just had the bottom of it's feet in the frame

A little insect resting. It's very very small

Taken with Hoya +4 Close-up filter with the Nikkor AF-S 55-200mm f/4-f/5.6 with SB-600 Speedlight attached.

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