Standing on my lightswitch

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I believe this is Melanostoma but not sure though

As their season draws to an end, approach becomes infinitely easier. They appear to be wearing jewel laden fighter jet aviator helmets.

Terellia tussilaginis. First shots with my new Nikon R1C1.

Insectarium in Tama Zoological Park

多摩動物公園の昆虫生態園で撮影した写真

Austroargiolestes icteromelas

Canon 180mm macro lens

© Luis Liu Photography

Seen in the garden.

© Luis Liu Photography

Cicadas scare the beejeezus out of me most of the time...but they're really cool to examine when dead!!

Découvert bien au chaud dans une écorce de pin mort

Dei sorte novamente, apareceu uma mosca aqui bem tranquila, pequena em torno de 3mm de comprimento e uns 2mm de altura. Ela esta tao tranquilo q me deixou fotografar usando ate flash de estudio. A foto foi feita com uma macro 100 mm e mais um lente invertida na frente.

considering I was about 4 inches away , he didn't seem to mind,

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The praying mantis was so intent on me that it missed prey on the next petal. When the insect flew past it, it kept looking in the direction the prey escaped to.

bee on the wall

Taken with tamron 90mm handheld

These are just some of the varieties of hoverfly I've had in my back garden this year. Always a pleasure to see them.

In the Amazon with Yoi EcoTours: www.yoiecotours.com/

100 mm macro

large cricket hard to photograph as they tend to crawl through the vegetation and always grass or ferns in the way