Cette belle petite créature, sortie d'un conte de fées, se prépare pour la nuit au soleil couchant.

This beautiful little creature, out of a fairy tale, is preparing for the night at sunset.

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Coupling mini mosquitoes (4mm), on the hood of my car.

Accouplement de mini-moustiques (4mm), sur le capot de ma voiture.

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I haven't had time to identify this fly. Any ideas?

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butterfly about to land and mate with another

One morning I came upon this very pretty insect which was resting on a milkweed leaf. Having never seen one before, I had to do a bit of research. I learned that it's called a Caddisfly and that there are 1,340 species of Caddisflies in North America. They are aquatic insects and spend most of their life as larvae which live in cool, flowing water. Adults such as this are terrestrial and they tend to be most active at night, hiding in cool, moist habitats during the daytime. Adult caddisflies can only feed on liquids, since they do not have well-developed mouthparts. They feed only on plant fluids, such as nectar, or may not feed at all.

Info is from Ecospark.ca

The next day I found one with its wings open and I sure wanted to get a photo of it, but alas, it flew off in a nanosecond.

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thick legeed flower beetle emerging

Visiting lavender in my pollinator garden.

Gatekeeper butterflies

Nikon Coolpix B700

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Ornate tailed digger wasp

cabbage white

thick legged flower beetle

Butterfly fluttering above a flower

shot with 500mm f4 plus 1.4x extender

Black swallowtail caterpillar. This caterpillar absorbs toxins from the host plants, and therefore tastes poor to bird predators.

dragonfly in flight over water

Lens: EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

A very small skipper nectaring at a peppermint stripe zinnia in my pollinator garden. I don't have an ID for this skipper, after spending quite a bit of time staring at pictures of skippers they all begin to look alike. This one was very small and very pretty.

Backyard photography.

unedited

Leptophyes punctissima: Eine Punktierte Zartschrecke in unwegsamen Gelände auf einer gelben Rosenblüte ...

hoverfly

Crioceris lilii - Coléoptère Chrysomelidae ♀ ♂ 8mm

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What an absolute delight to spot this Luna Moth from a far distance. I knew immediately that it wasn't a green leaf and grabbed the camera. Luna Moths are one of the largest moths in North America. Thanks to everyone for viewing, faving and commenting on my images. Stay well and safe.

© C. Statton DiFiori

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I noticed a tiny spider (about 4mm), it was leaving a lambs ear blossom (Stachys byzantina) and I was wondering where it goes next as I realized, it landed on a lower level located lambs ear like it had used a cable car with its spider thread.

Do you know that a spider silk is five times as strong as a steel cable of the same diameter? and more elastic than rubber?

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OE - TNM

Tous les ans, je les attends avec impatience, les petites fées des hautes herbes.

Every year, I look forward to them, the little fairies of tall grass.

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Agraulis vanillae (Gulf fritillary) on milkweed flower. Columbia, South Carolina. USA

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A beautiful Six-spotted Zigzag Ladybird (Menochilus sexmaculatus) in Canberra.

*Note: More pics of Insects and Arachnids in my Fauna ~ Invertebrates Album.