fly on hosta

the shafts of light are actually the illuminated dried stalks left after the hostas flowered several weeks earlier

backyard capture in chesterfield

there are a number of these little mantids around the yard this spring - wouldn't be surprised to find out that their mama was the large one that hung around in the ornamental grasses for a couple of months last summer

backyard capture in chesterfield

i've always found it a frustrating challenge with these ferocious-looking little creatures that seem to constantly be in motion and never remain still long enough to get a shot off

this time i managed to get a few off before it slithered off in search of aphids or whatever fit the menu for this day

backyard capture in chesterfield

backyard capture in chesterfield

Day 18……365 days of macro photography with The OM System TG-7 compact camera

backyard capture in chesterfield

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backyard capture in chesterfield

Fotografía tomada en La Romera, Sabaneta - Antioquia.

2500 msnm aproximadamente.

Photo was taken in Sabaneta, Antioquia. 2500 meters above sea level.

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"Checking out the new apartment" o.O

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Es ist wieder diese Zeit im Jahr, in der die Bienchen umherwuseln und der Balkon zum Bienen-Flughafen wird :*

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It's that time of year again when the bees scurry around and the balcony becomes a bee airport :*

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backyard capture in chesterfield

backyard capture in chesterfield

It doesn't feel like an entire year has passed; it doesn't feel as though I have lived for 365 more days on Earth while you didn't.

Maybe you come to me in butterflies, or in rays of sunshine. Or simply in a feeling of content that appears throughout the day. Maybe you're always here.

Thank you.

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now this ambush bug was better concealed than the one i had photographed a couple weeks back

backyard capture in chesterfield

Favolaschia calocera (orange poreconch)

The mire

Photographed in my garden.

some type plant bug, leaf-footed perhaps, passing through the ornamental grasses

backyard capture in chesterfield

grass skipper

a macro lanscape

Tubifera arachnoidea/ferruginosa

La pluie de la nuit dernière a déposé des petites perles au bout de la végétation

ant in ornamental grass

This little friend was hiding in a flower and he only showed himself after a sprayed some water on the petals. He did not seem too upset.

Achillea millefoglie (nome scientifico Achillea millefolium L.) è una pianta della famiglia delle Asteraceae, di tipo erbaceo, perenne e aromatica con rizoma ramificato e strisciante e fusto diritto alla cui sommità dei corimbi portano diversi capolini di fiori profumati bianchi o rosati. L'aspetto è densamente cespitoso dato soprattutto dalle foglie tipiche (molto frastagliate in profondità) di questa specie.

Da Wikipedia

heliconius melpomene

capture at a local butterfly conservatory

To me it reassemble a bit GB flag, any other suggestions?

aka goldenrod soldier beetle

lotsa bokeh and bending light in this composition

frontyard capture in chesterfield

SOOC

Dark is my night

And darker is my day

Yeah

I must've been blind, out of my mind

I never never saw the warning signs

How goes it? It goes lonely

It goes slowly

So slowly goes the night...

(Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Slowly Goes The Night)

while the biplane wing arrangement was suitable for gliding between plants on a breezy afternoon, it proved inadequate for hovering and was quickly abandoned

backyard capture in chesterfield

I've only seen this fungus once before, so I was delighted to find it growing in a plant pot today!