insecte sur fleur

Echinacea.

Super Takumar 150mm f4 M42 MF + macro ring 18mm

A butterfly and wildflowers.

... found this little fellow underneith my heating, totally dehydrated so it seems ... when I put him outside he didn't stop drinking for quite some time ...

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in action

taken with a tamron 90mm f2.8 macro

Just sitting in the car after taking the Pink Flannel Flowers, when a bee landed on the car dashboard.

Do check out youtube.nitin.site

although these don't sting they guard their territory against all other insects for their potential mates and can crush their foes to death with their spikes on their abdomen

Fly macro

Taken with a tamron 60mm f2 macro

A backlit green long-legged fly in the garden, for Macro Mondays...

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macro art

taken with a Tamron 60mm f2 macro

Female Sphex funerarius

Thymelicus lineola

P1580582 - Crimson Rose - Size - 80 - 110 mm

# 310 - 05 Aug '18 - 15:45 (10:15 GMT)

Crimson Rose (Pachliopta hector) - is a large swallowtail butterfly belonging to the genus Pachliopta (roses) of the red-bodied swallowtails.

Crimson Rose - Roosting on Prosopis Juliflor Tree in my Backyard.

WONDERFUL FACTS - What is the most powerful bird in the world?

The wild animal known to have been killed and carried away by a bird was a 15 pound male red howler monkey killed by a Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) in Manu National Park, Peru in 1990.

The harpy eagle is considered the world's most powerful bird of prey, although it weighs only 20 pounds. 🐧

Happy birding 🐾

From my garden

Taken with a Tamron 60mm f2 macro

Chewing on wood again...