Post your Insect shots

[Marilynne]

Found a new bug in my garden

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Very colorful Ajoy.

 

[wev]

Not a friend

 

[RON_RIP]

Not a friend

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Ah, that's too bad. Last week one clung to my windshield all the way from my home to my shop. At times I was going 45 miles per hour. I was amazed.

 

[wev]

A much better looking (and far less voracious) hopper in the garden

 

[wev]

Well, there you go -- ignorance is bliss: I just found out that the last is the nymph form of the penultimate image I posted. Just goes to prove that pretty babies can grow up ugly.

 

[WeeHector]

Noon Fly blowing a bubble

 

[Andrew Cresswell]

A couple from the wood behind my house

 

[wornish]

A couple from the wood behind my house

These are great the second in particular sets whole new standard.
We have threads for birds in flight now Insects in Flight

 

[aroy]

 

[WeeHector]

 

[wev]

 

[Marilynne]

These are great the second in particular sets whole new standard.
We have threads for birds in flight now Insects in Flight

Here's the link. Hasn't been used in a while.
http://nikonites.com/general-photog...photos.html?highlight=in+flight#axzz3HWlAPLSb

 

[wev]

Standoff

 

[wev]

Too pretty to pass up

 

[aroy]

Tried catching bees in flight, but ended up with stationary ones

 

[mikew_RIP]

Tried catching bees in flight, but ended up with stationary ones

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Yes they just do not play fair do they.

 

[wev]

Growing up fast

 

[jay_dean]

 

[aroy]

Finally figured out how to get the bees in focus. Using the 50mm F1.8D, I was in manual focus, so I prefocussed and waited to the bees to be in range - worked beautifully. Reminds me of film days, when this was the norm for me.

 

[wev]

Casting off the old