¡Hola! This one didn't go as planned: I went to shot the violet flower, and as I got closer I saw the little fly hidden among the blades of grass…
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- Started by Bryan on March 3, 2026.
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Nice specimen and nice colors.👍
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A few rays of light on a rainy day.
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A female Common Glider laying eggs among the reeds
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Perfect focus in this psychedelic shot...
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Hola Bryan, that interposition is a bit tricky but, despite that, the camera has maintained focus very well..
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Another little fly…
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A not so little bee…
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Not 100% sure - Google image search isn't working tonight and bing doesn't seem to give alternatives.
Anyway, bing says Eurema blanda, the three-spot grass yellow.
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To free up some space I'm going through culling some stuff I never processed. There are many I should have done before - currently at late January...
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I took a shot of this one perched. He flew off and in seconds was back with this Spider Wasp (I think) for lunch
I remember this shot. I am fairly sure his lunch is a Horse Fly I had just swatted - never seen them catch or attempt a Horse Fly before. Struggling to get it in...
Powder blue...
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That happened to me once with a damselfly: she disappeared for no more than two or three seconds, and reappeared with lunch 😮
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This could just as easily be in the flower thread...
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Another bee…
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Bombylius major, on the ground…
… and in flight…
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Daisy…
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These are stingless native Australian bees according to google. Quite small - not much bigger than house flies
