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  1. Asian Ant Mantis

    Asian Ant Mantis

    The tiniest mantis I've ever seen and it is right at my home backyard.
  2. Asian Ant Mantis

    Asian Ant Mantis

    The tiniest mantis I've ever seen and it is right at my home backyard.
  3. Asian Ant Mantis

    Asian Ant Mantis

    The tiniest mantis I've ever seen and it is right at my home backyard. It is called Asian Ant Mantis (Odontomantis planiceps). It is documented to be between 1.4cm - 2cm but this one I photographed looks like 1cm or less. 🤔 Perhaps next time I will try to shoot with a ruler 🙂 Attempted to...
  4. Grasshopper

    Grasshopper

    Very difficult to take macro shot of a grasshopper. They will always either fly away or turn around whenever I tried to get close to them.
  5. an Architect, a Builder and a Mother

    an Architect, a Builder and a Mother

    Paper Wasp (Polistes sp.) building a nest. Home backyard macro photography.
  6. Bugs World

    Bugs World

    A tiny black/dark blue bug (ladybugs?) at home backyard macro photography moment.
  7. Jumping Spider+Snack

    Jumping Spider+Snack

    A jumping spider caught an ant for a snack. Home backyard macro photography moment.
  8. Paper Wasp (Polistes sp.)

    Paper Wasp (Polistes sp.)

    Doing some home backyard macro photography.
  9. Facing Off with Paper Wasp (Polistes sp.)

    Facing Off with Paper Wasp (Polistes sp.)

    Relaxing at home backyard doing some macro photography. No worry, it didn't attack me 😄
  10. Dragonfly is Carnivore!

    Dragonfly is Carnivore!

    Relaxing at home backyard macro photography. Diplacodes trivialis (female) dragonfly eating its catch of a *fly. Decided to make this a Black & White photo instead as color version just too nasty to look at.
  11. Ischnura senegalensis Damselfly

    Ischnura senegalensis Damselfly

    Neck Stretching Exercise 101. Time for some home backyard macro photography.
  12. Blue-gray gnatcatcher

    Blue-gray gnatcatcher

    Same blue-gray gnatcatcher from the other day, this one with a tasty insect. Yum.
  13. Skipper

    Skipper

  14. Butterfly caught in flight

    Butterfly caught in flight

    Exploring OMD E-M1 Mark III with pro capture function...
  15. From the small world

    From the small world

  16. Munching down on this tasty flower

    Munching down on this tasty flower

    Same insect as yesterday. Stanley thinks it may be a Soldier Beetle. Bluebirds have finally fledged so I hope to get some photos of the children soon.
  17. What cha ma call it

    What cha ma call it

    Got what I though was a pretty good insect book, can't find this one. See similar bodies but the neck is short.
  18. DSCN4533

    DSCN4533

    i believe this is a Zabulon Skipper, a butterfly. photo taken at 1/640th, F/3.5, 12.5mm at ISO 100
  19. i love fly thru dinning

    i love fly thru dinning

    taken with an Olympus C700UZ at 1/800th, F/4, 6.9mm at ISO 108
  20. Which Insect?

    Which Insect?

  21. blood sucking insect waiting....

    blood sucking insect waiting....

    Caught this insect luckily in an immobile phase.
  22. little break

    little break

    these restless insect are usually in constant movement. Someteimes the make a little break...
  23. hawk moth

    hawk moth

    In late spring up to autumn the chance to take pics of birds decrease when the trees turn green, so I usually take pics of flowers and insects....
  24. Springtime

    Springtime

    Touchdown of a bee with long antennae on a lungwort flower at 22 C. Yes, that's spring!!!
  25. Green veined white getting stuck in

    Green veined white getting stuck in

    Lovely green veined white butterfly, hated by some but for me one of the nicer whites. taken in Felmersham Bedfordshire. was meant to be putting together a large selection of butterflies but sadly it's been hard going, with no blues seen for 3 years, they seem to be in deep trouble around the...
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