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Tag Archives: macro photography
An Eastern Tailed-Blue
This year has been slow for the butterfly watchers. I have seen only a few butterflies per day recently, and had a streak of about a week where I did not see any. Yesterday was hot and rainy, with dark … Continue reading
Posted in butterflies, eastern tailed-blue
Tagged butterfly, Everes comyntas, macro photography
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Chasing Bugs
I chased some bugs tonight, and looked for some I did not find. Years past have shown the alien but pretty wildflower dame’s rocket to be a magnet for butterflies, especially small skippers. Not so this year. The flowers are … Continue reading
Another Moss
This moss was located in an area where we have had some small fires of wood and a little debris. It seems to be mostly on top of a pile of ashes. Ashes to ashes, ashes to moss.
Posted in Biological diversity, plants
Tagged ashes to ashes, fires, macro photography, mosses, recovery
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The Butterfly Chase
On Monday there was a very short window of time when the butterflies were out. I saw a single black swallowtail drinking nectar from the Dame’s rocket flowers. While I was trying to photograph it another joined in and chased … Continue reading
Posted in butterflies
Tagged black swallowtail, flowers, macro photography, papilio polyxenes
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Small Flies
It was a rainy Memorial Day weekend. We did the visitations of the graves in the rain. We had some chores we had to do in the rain as well. Finally, after a rainy Monday morning, the clouds went away … Continue reading
Posted in diptera, insects
Tagged flies, macro photography, syrphid, Toxomerus marginatus
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Everything Gets More Colorful
I love the way the trees are getting flowers and the grass is getting greener. Every thing is more colorful than it was a few weeks ago. Even the bugs are more colorful. This small fly is probably a chironomid.
Posted in Biological diversity, diptera, insects
Tagged chironomid, color, macro photography, spring
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Making More Buckeyes
The buckeye tree has an unusual flower arrangement. The flowers aren’t too showy, and seem to be in a configuration that makes landing on them difficult for bees. Yet they must have pretty good nectar and pollen rewards, because the … Continue reading
Posted in insects, plants
Tagged buckeye trees, Honey bee, macro photography, nectar, pollen
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A Face Full of Pollen
It’s easy to see why honeybees are such good pollinators from this dandelion photo. Last week I was out of state on a training trip. The accommodations were really good, and the class and people in it were top notch. Still, I felt out … Continue reading
Posted in insects, photography, plants, rural scenics
Tagged apple tree, change of seasons, dandelion, Honey bee, macro photography, pollen, pollinators, spring
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