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[MSH411]

Slender Blue Skimmer Dragonfly

 

[Archibald]

Bumblebee.

 

[Archibald]

Dragonfly.

 

[Skygod44]

I've got one!

Or should I say, it almost got my friend!

No macro needed!!!

Eeshk!

Cheers for now,
Simon

 

[MSH411]

Hover Fly

 

[MSH411]

Common Fly

 

[JayLT]

R7__0440-10-11 by Jay Cline, on Flickr

 

[Michael456]

R7__0440-10-11 by Jay Cline, on Flickr

Wow, what a fantastic shot! Colors, composition and the yellow seen through the transparent wing - awesome.

 

[robadams]

hummingbird moth

 

[robadams]

coming at you!

 

[Archibald]

R7__0440-10-11 by Jay Cline, on Flickr

So pretty.

 

[Archibald]

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Very interesting bug.

 

[Dennis]

Paper Wasps guarding their nest on a leafy plant in our back garden this morning.

Tripod mounted stack of 15 frames using Focus Bracketing and Continuous Flash.

Dennis.

 

[Archibald]

Paper Wasps guarding their nest on a leafy plant in our back garden this morning.

Tripod mounted stack of 15 frames using Focus Bracketing and Continuous Flash.

Dennis.

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Amazing stuff, Dennis.

 

[Dennis]

Amazing stuff, Dennis.

Thanks Ed, the warmer mornings make these Wasps a little friskier, so some of the sets of images do not align and stack well due to too much movement of the Wasp between frames.

Dennis.

 

[Gene Spearman]

Wheel bug (Arilus cristatus)

 

[S.R.M.]

A couple from this morning.

Green Jumping Spider (Mopsus mormon) by Stephen Mudge, on Flickr

Bristle Fly (Rutilia sp) by Stephen Mudge, on Flickr

Brown Cockchafer (Rhopaea magnicornis) by Stephen Mudge, on Flickr

 

[Keith]

Paper Wasps guarding their nest on a leafy plant in our back garden this morning.

Tripod mounted stack of 15 frames using Focus Bracketing and Continuous Flash.

Dennis.

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Dennis, I’m curious about the larva or grub that is greatly ahead of the eggs above that are in nest cavities older than it. Do you suppose they give it special treatment to produce a new queen, or what?

Inquiring minds need to know?
Great shots, by the way!

 

[Dennis]

Dennis, I’m curious about the larva or grub that is greatly ahead of the eggs above that are in nest cavities older than it. Do you suppose they give it special treatment to produce a new queen, or what?

Inquiring minds need to know?
Great shots, by the way!

Hi Keith

We have had some ferocious storms of late, and they have damaged parts of the nest. It appears that some of it has been re-built, so it is hard to tell the old from the new.

Also, I sometimes see a chamber or cell with a maturing larva in it, then a few days later it is gone. I cannot even tell you if they re-use a vacated cell to lay a new egg, it is all a mystery to me.

Thanks for the inquiry, it is good to be curious.

Dennis.

 

[S.R.M.]

We have had some ferocious storms of late

Just to demonstrate what Dennis means, here are some hailstones from last Sunday!