many of these sculptural mounds throughout the areas of intact forest around the farm...

EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

As shot. Camera Neutral.

Sac spider

First Syritta pipiens hoverfly I've seen this year

by Donn Thorson

Beetle on Osteospermum flower. I admit I put it there :)

Another one

IMG_4189 @ Mata Grande

Courting Tiger Butterflies

Tigy, Loiret, France

Fouraging Wood Ant (Formica rufa)

This is my first shot of a dragonfly.He was very good and sat still for a couple of minutes. This was taken with the18-55mm kit lens, I don't have a macro lens.

zuiko 60mm f2,8 macro

Five for Friday.....

#4 - I knew when we decided to take a trip & hike the parks in the southwest that I would have to deal with lizards, tarantula's, and possibly rattlesnakes. Saw plenty of lizards; fortunately no snakes; and was fortunate enough to see this guy from a safe distance at one of the stops in Zion National Park. Although it is my understanding that tarantula's are harmless, they are a bit large, furry, creepy, and crawly for my taste :-)

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Mating bluebottle flies

Toxomerus marginatus

21 May 2019

© Bruce Bolin K1__0592cee

I think this is a Cardinal Beetle im sure someone will confirm

Butterfly Rainforest at UF Gainesville. Florida Museum of Natural History

A spider that trapped itself in my bathtub before being released outdoors.

Oi! I was first. Two Andrena haemorrhoa mating whilst clinging to a tree. A second male has grasped the back of the female in an attempt to join in.

an Eristalis pertinax warming itself in the early morning sunshine outside the front door.

I eventually caught her in a pitcher and shoved her out the door. Why there was a beer pitcher in our breakroom is anyone's guess.

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This female Eupeodes sp. hoverfly was flying around some grass looking for aphids to lay eggs near. Natural light