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  • A bluebird grabs an insect meal for lunch
    Lunch Is Served.jpg
  • The Halloween Pennant has been described as looking very similar to a butterfly. Its wings are orange-yellow in color, though its markings are dark brown, not black as is commonly believed; the entirely orange-yellow wings with dark brown bands are what has given it its Halloween common name and its typical position of being perched at the tip of a weed stalk, waving in the breeze like a pennant contributes to the remainder of its common name. The young has yellow markings, including a stripe on its back, and adult males develop pale red markings, particularly on the face, though females will occasionally get these red markings too. Halloween Pennants are normally between 38 and 42 mm (approx. 1.5 inches) in size. They feed on other insects, and they are able to fly in rain and strong wind. On hot days, it will often shade its thorax using its wings.
    Female Calico Pennant 6.jpg
  • Insects in the Diptera family Asilidae are commonly called robber flies. The family Asilidae contains about 7,100 described species worldwide. All robber flies have stout, spiny legs, a dense moustache of bristles on the face (mystax), and 3 simple eyes (ocelli) in a characteristic depression between their two large compound eyes. The mystax helps protect the head and face when the fly encounters prey bent on defense. The antennae are short, 3-segmented, sometimes with a bristle-like structure called an arista.
    339A0748.jpg
  • The Coccinellidae are a family of beetles, known variously as ladybirds (UK, Ireland, Australia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, South Africa, New Zealand, India, Malta, some parts of Canada and the US), or ladybugs (North America). When they need to use a common name, entomologists widely prefer the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles as these insects are not true bugs. Lesser-used names include God's cow, ladyclock, lady cow, and lady fly
    Little Lady on Top.jpg
  • Achievement - Even The Smallest Of Successes Are Worth Taking Note Of
    Small Achievements.jpg
  • I photographed this grasshopper at Busch Wildlife in Missouri on a beautiful, sunny and windy day.
    grasshopper.jpg
  • A Paper Kite Butterfly Rests On Top Of Fluid Pink Floral Blossoms In The Garden.<br />
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The Paper Kite, Rice Paper, or Large Tree Nymp butterfly (Idea leuconoe) is known especially for its presence in butterfly greenhouses and live butterfly expositions. The Paper Kite is of Southeast Asian origin.
    Paper Kite on Liquid Blossoms.jpg
  • A Vanessa Atalanta (Red Admiral) Butterfly perched atop a vibrant pink flowering thistle. This large butterfly is identified by its striking dark brown, red, and black wing pattern. More specifically, the dark wings possess orange bands that cross the fore wings and on the outer edge of the hind wings; white spots on the dorsal fore wings near the front margin; reddish bars on dorsal surface of all four wings.
    Vanessa Atalanta on Flowering Thistl...jpg
  • A buzzing bee stops for a snack on a dandelion
    Dandelion For Lunch.jpg
  • A gorgeous butterfly hanging out on a leaf at the Butterfly House at the Saint Louis Zoo.
    butterfly.jpg
  • A Twelve-spotted Skimmer Dragonfly in Pastel Colors. The Twelve-spotted Skimmer is a common North American skimmer dragonfly, found in southern Canada and in all 48 of the contiguous U.S. states. It is a large species, at 50 mm long
    Dragonfly on Pastels - Twelve-spotte...jpg
  • One may think there's a tiny little baby hummingbird flying among the flowers, but more than likely it's a Hummingbird Clearwing Moth.<br />
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This moth will feed during the day and it's shape, coloration and scaleless wings give it the appearance of a small hummingbird. There are two common varieties of this attractive and interesting member of the Sphinx moth family.
    clearwing humming bird moth.jpg
  • Sunny-Lady.jpg
  • A bluebird with a cricket in his beak, ready to go down the hatch
    Crickets For Dinner.jpg
  • A Bluebird on top of a birdhouse with a morning meal in his mouth
    Bluebird Grabs A Bite.jpg
  • This little grasshopper looks rather evil from behind a macro lens!
    Mean Green.jpg
  • Stopping on a new bloom to pollinate and gather required materials
    Gathering Some Honey.jpg
  • Our roses in our backyard our blooming like crazy and drawing bees and spiders.
    pollinators_of_roses.jpg
  • A Monarch Butterfly perched on wild chives on a moody overcast morning in a Wentzville, Missouri field
    Moody Monarch.jpg
  • This shot was taken at Busch Wildlife while I was out walking the trails.
    bumble_bee.jpg
  • An Eastern Tent Caterpiller Moth crawls down the stem of an unknown plant in midnight light
    Eastern Tent Caterpillar Midnight Cr...jpg
  • Hemaris thysbe, the Hummingbird Clearwing Moth or Common Clearwing (wingspan 38-50 mm), readily visits flowers by day throughout the eastern half of the U.S. and Canada, where it ranges far to the north, even into the Yukon. It is not difficult to see why many gardeners would mistake an Hemaris thysbe moth for a small hummingbird as it hovers, sipping nectar from flowers through a long feeding tube. The moth hovers briefly, sipping for only a few seconds before darting off to a new flower. Green body "fur" and burgundy wing scales suggest a small ruby throated hummingbird.
    clearwing humming bird moth shag.jpg
  • One of my little lady's running through a little preflight routine. All systems appear to be a go!
    pre-flight-checklist.jpg
  • A Closeup photo of a bee against a textured background
    Textured Buzz.jpg
  • A friendly little ladybug crawling towards me
    Little Lady On A Stroll.jpg
  • This beautiful black bodied swallowtail is black with shiny blue or green wings. It has blue between two rows of orange spots on the underside of the hind wings and the colors on the upper side of the hind wings have one row of white spots. The caterpillars look like small snakes, having large eyespots; they hide in folded leaves during the day and come out to feed in the evenings. The chrysalis is either brown or green resembling the stem in which it is attached. These butterflies are a pleasure to watch and a welcome visitor to any garden.
    Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly.jpg
  • A bee perched on a flower bloom
    339A0105.jpg
  • A Female Calico Pennant Dragonfly Perched Atop A Weed In A Field On A Hot Summer Day. <br />
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Halloween Pennant subterminal wing marking extends across wing from leading edge to trailing edge (in Calico Pennant, subterminal wing marking restricted to leading edge of wing)
    Calico Pennant.jpg
  • Pull the petals over us Bob, somebody is watching
    Oull The Petals Bob.jpg
  • A Monarch Butterfly perched atop yellow wildflowers on a backdrop of Faded Green
    Monarch on Faded Green.jpg
  • A Monarch Butterfly in Fluid Style Perches atop A Yellow Wildflower During Afternoon Showers.<br />
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The monarch is famous for its southward migration and northward return in summer from Canada to Mexico and Baja California which spans the life of three to four generations of the butterfly<br />
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Monarchs are especially noted for their lengthy annual migration. In North America, they make massive southward migrations starting in August until the first frost. A northward migration takes place in the spring. The monarch is the only butterfly that migrates both north and south as the birds do on a regular basis, but no single individual makes the entire round trip. Female monarchs deposit eggs for the next generation during these migrations.<br />
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Monarch butterflies are poisonous or distasteful to birds and mammals because of the presence of the cardiac glycosides contained in milkweed consumed by the larvae. The bright colors of larvae and adults are thought to function as warning colors. During hibernation, monarch butterflies sometimes suffer losses because hungry birds pick through them looking for the butterflies with the least amount of poison, but in the process kill those they reject.
    Butterfly Striations.jpg
  • A macro shot of a fly perched on a daisy petal in the garden
    Garden Flower Fly.jpg
  • The American Painted Lady or American Lady is a butterfly found throughout North America. Vanessa virginiensis lives in flowery habitats, usually in mountains. The larvae feed on various Asteraceae, especially the cudweeds of genus Gnaphalium
    Painted Lady on Daisies - Vanessa Vi...jpg
  • Ladybug taking off into flight
    Taking-Off.jpg
  • Caught this little fella running across the sink in the bathroom. The background object is actually on of my wife's hair scrunchies.
    Lady-Strings.jpg
  • Cracked-Lady.jpg
  • Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don't they should, for their feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers.
    Big Bee Concrete.jpg
  • A Golden Longhorn beetle tries to camouflage himself in the middle of the daisy
    Yellow Beetle On Flower.jpg
  • A ladybug sits nestled in the foliage just in range of my macro lens
    Little Days Magical Perch.jpg
  • A Bee Gathers The Last OF The Pollen Before Winter Hits
    Buzz On Yellow Dandelion.jpg
  • The spicebush swallowtail butterfly is a large, dark swallowtail. It is one of our most beautiful and interesting swallowtails. All developmental stages are great examples of adaptive coloration. The wingspread range is 4.1 to 5.6 cm. The upper surface of the fore wings is black with a narrow marginal row and a broader submarginal row of light yellow row spots. The upper surfaces of the hind wings also have the rows of spots, but they are light green in color. The median areas of the hind wings are dusted with blue in females and blue-green to green in males.
    Spicebush In Wildflowers.jpg
  • A Glory Morning Butterfly Backed By Glistening Morning Light
    Butterly Bokeh.jpg
  • Mature males are distinctive with reddish brown wing markings and a row of red triangles on the abdomen. Females and tenerals have the red largely replaced by yellow and could be mistaken for several other pennants.  See Banded Pennant, Halloween Pennant and Martha's Pennant.  Carolina Saddlebags has a similar basal spot but is much larger and the rest of the wing is clear.
    Female Calico Pennant 5.jpg
  • I am not positive but I believe this is a Spur-throated Grasshopper. Found this little guy hanging out in my flower beds but the roses.
    IMG_3484-1.jpg
  • Visions of Monarch Butterflies Adorn tiny floral blooms against a backdrop of greeen
    Butterbloom Dreams.jpg
  • A Macro Closeup Of A Bee On A Flyswatter
    Splendid Spring Bee.jpg
  • Monarch butterflies embark on a marvelous migratory phenomenon. They travel between 1,200 and 2,800 miles or more from the United States and Canada to central Mexican forests. There the butterflies hibernate in the mountain forests, where a less extreme climate provides them a better chance to survive. The monarch butterfly is known by scientists as Danaus plexippus, which in Greek literally means "sleepy transformation." The name evokes the species' ability to hibernate and metamorphize. Adult monarch butterflies possess two pairs of brilliant orange-red wings, featuring black veins and white spots along the edges. Males, who possess distinguishing black dots along the veins of their wings, are slightly bigger than females. Each adult butterfly lives only about four to five weeks.
    Morning Monarch Glow.jpg
  • A Green Ladybug (Spotted Cucumber Beetle) Macro Shot. These beetles usually are found on the leaves and flowers of plant species such as melon, cucumber and squash varieties.
    Green Lady.jpg
  • I was not originally going to post this, but as a friend pointed out it would work quite well in a kids play room or bedroom. So... I changed my mind :)
    Unknown Textured Butterfly.jpg
  • Just a fun bumble bee photograph...This shot was taken at Busch Wildlife while I was out walking the trails.
    bumble_bee_2.jpg
  • A Paper Kite Butterfly smelling the roses at the Butterfly House at the Saint Louis Zoo.
    paper_kite_butterfly2.jpg
  • A flowing Monarch perched on a vibrant chive against a soft blue backdrop. The Monarch butterfly is a milkweed butterfly, in the family Nymphalidae. It is perhaps the best known of all North American butterflies
    Monarch Blues on Chives.jpg
  • Eastern Tent Caterpillar Texture.jpg
  • Mature males are distinctive with reddish brown wing markings and a row of red triangles on the abdomen. Females and tenerals have the red largely replaced by yellow and could be mistaken for several other pennants.  See Banded Pennant, Halloween Pennant and Martha's Pennant.  Carolina Saddlebags has a similar basal spot but is much larger and the rest of the wing is clear.
    Female Calico Pennant 2.jpg
  • Mature males are distinctive with reddish brown wing markings and a row of red triangles on the abdomen. Females and tenerals have the red largely replaced by yellow and could be mistaken for several other pennants.  See Banded Pennant, Halloween Pennant and Martha's Pennant.  Carolina Saddlebags has a similar basal spot but is much larger and the rest of the wing is clear.
    Female Calico Pennant.jpg
  • Caught it walking up my window this afternoon
    Walkin-on-Sunshine.jpg
  • Last-Necter-of-Fall.jpg
  • The Calico Pennant or Elisa Pennant (Celithemis elisa) is a dragonfly found in North America, in the Pennant genus of dragonflies. With Distinctive wing pattern; dark subterminal wing marking small and restricted to leading edge of wing.<br />
Male has pink wing veins and red heart-shaped abdominal spots; female has yellow wing veins and bright yellow abdominal spots.
    Dragonfly Sparkles.jpg
  • This moth was hanging out on the screen of my gazebo. The face of this moth reminds me of a bat.
    moth.jpg
  • Two beautiful butterflies hanging out on a flower pot at the Butterfly House at the Saint Louis Zoo.
    butterflies.jpg
  • An Eastern Tent Caterpiller Moth crawls down the stem of an unknown plant in midnight light
    Moody Red Tent Caterpillar.jpg
  • Mature males are distinctive with reddish brown wing markings and a row of red triangles on the abdomen. Females and tenerals have the red largely replaced by yellow and could be mistaken for several other pennants.  See Banded Pennant, Halloween Pennant and Martha's Pennant.  Carolina Saddlebags has a similar basal spot but is much larger and the rest of the wing is clear.
    Female Calico Pennant 3.jpg
  • These Phasmatodeas were on the outside of my kitchen window for an entire day...The females are usually significantly larger than the males, may have evolved due to the fitness advantage accrued to males that can remain attached to the female, thereby blocking competitors, without severely impeding her movement.
    phasmatodeas.jpg
  • Most of the country drives during an eastern North American summer will turn up a few Eastern Bluebirds sitting on telephone wires or perched atop a nest box, calling out in a short, wavering voice or abruptly dropping to the ground after an insect. Marvelous birds to capture in your binoculars, male Eastern Bluebirds are a brilliant royal blue on the back and head, and warm red-brown on the breast. Blue tinges in the wings and tail give the grayer females an elegant look.
    Bluebird Watching.jpg
  • Most of the country drives during an eastern North American summer will turn up a few Eastern Bluebirds sitting on telephone wires or perched atop a nest box, calling out in a short, wavering voice or abruptly dropping to the ground after an insect. Marvelous birds to capture in your binoculars, male Eastern Bluebirds are a brilliant royal blue on the back and head, and warm red-brown on the breast. Blue tinges in the wings and tail give the grayer females an elegant look.
    Bluebird Midnight Highlight.jpg
  • As the name suggests, the Japanese beetle is native to Japan. The insect was first found in the United States in 1916 in a nursery near Riverton, New Jersey. It is thought the beetle larvae entered the United States in a shipment of iris bulbs prior to 1912, when inspections of commodities entering the country began.
    Japaneeze Beetle.jpg
  • This Chimp tries to blend it with the trees at the Saint Louis Zoo.<br />
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More than any other ape, chimpanzees use tools. They use sticks to fish for insects, poking the twigs into the holes of ant or termite mounds and pulling them out, covered with wiggling food. Chimps use stones to crack open hard-shelled nuts or fruits. They also use leaves as sponges, either to soak up drinking water or to clean the body. And they use leafy twigs to keep away flies.<br />
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What's one of the first things you notice about chimpanzees? Probably their arms. These apes have very long, powerful arms and long-fingered hands - perfect for hanging around in trees. Chimps spend a lot of time in trees, where they do most of their feeding and nesting.
    Chimpanzee Camouflage.jpg
  • Mike Moats explained that there are other unique and fun items to macro with the exception of flowers and insects...This is my attempt to macro a fake birds nest with feathers that came with some flowers I recently purchased...Please critique and give constructive criticism.
    quills.jpg
  • A bunch of macro insects that decided to congregate for a group shot
    get-your-own-flower.jpg
  • A Puffy White Dandelion With A Bit Of Magic and Mystery.<br />
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The dandelion plant is a beneficial weed, with a wide range of uses, and is even a good companion plant for gardening. Its taproot will bring up nutrients for shallower-rooting plants, and add minerals and nitrogen to soil. It is also known to attract pollinating insects and release ethylene gas which helps fruit to ripen
    Magic Dandy.jpg
  • More than any other ape, chimpanzees use tools. They use sticks to fish for insects, poking the twigs into the holes of ant or termite mounds and pulling them out, covered with wiggling food. Chimps use stones to crack open hard-shelled nuts or fruits. They also use leaves as sponges, either to soak up drinking water or to clean the body. And they use leafy twigs to keep away flies...What's even more interesting: we now know that not all chimpanzee communities use the same tools, or use them in the same way. Every community passes on its own customs from generation to generation. This shows that chimps have unique cultures, just like people do.
    chimp.jpg
  • The East African Crowned Crane gets its name from the distinctive golden crown of feathers on its head. It lives in open areas and grasslands, where it feeds on grass seeds, insects, frogs and lizards. Crowned cranes usually mate for life. Both the male and female cooperate in building the nest, and in defending the eggs and the chicks. Crowned crane parents often pretend to be injured to lure predators away from their nestlings.
    Flowing Crowned Crane Profile.jpg
  • This bird gets its name from the distinctive golden "crown" of feathers on its head. It lives in open areas and grasslands, where it feeds on grass seeds, insects, frogs and lizards. Crowned cranes usually mate for life. Both the male and female cooperate in building the nest, and in defending the eggs and the chicks. Crowned crane parents often pretend to be injured to lure predators away from their nestlings.
    East African Crowned Crane 2.jpg