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Another bee on butterfly milkweed flowers.
E-P5+60mm/f2.8 macro lens; 1/500 s, f/11, ISO 800, EV -0.3. [I think I used in addition the Raynox DCR-250.]

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OLYMPUS E-M1 + M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R + Raynox DCR-250 + YongNuo 565 EX

Dolomedes fimbriatus
View attachment 654368 OLYM3260 copy by Serg BY, on Flickr

OLYMPUS E-M1 + M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R + Raynox DCR-250 + YongNuo 565 EX
View attachment 653969 OLYM1272 copy by Serg BY, on Flickr

Lovely shots! There is, by the way, a spiders thread.

 

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Speaking of milkweed, here's a "milkweed bug" that was instead found on a concrete walkway, sucking the "nectar" out of an ant's head... apparently this is not unheard of.

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Olympus 60mm macro, 1:1, f/9

 

[Harvey Melvin Richards]

Speaking of milkweed, here's a "milkweed bug" that was instead found on a concrete walkway, sucking the "nectar" out of an ant's head... apparently this is not unheard of.

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Olympus 60mm macro, 1:1, f/9

Ant head nectar is one of my favorite late night treats.

 

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Ant head nectar is one of my favorite late night treats.

I'm looking forward to trying it. Hopefully looking forward to trying it will be enough of a jinx to prevent the usual invasion of the apartment this summer.

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Zhongyi 20mm f/2 "super macro"

 

[DynaSport]

E-M1 with ZD50-200 and EC-14

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[DynaSport]

Also with the ZD50-200 and EC-14

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[DynaSport]

Just getting my post count up. Taken with the iPhone 4. Jk

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Lovely shots! There is, by the way, a spiders thread.

Ok, thanks, now spiders to spiders, insects to insects)))

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P1060264 copy by Serg BY, on Flickr

 

[panamike]

Still early days with the 60mm.

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P6090013 by electric.mike, on Flickr

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P6090008 by electric.mike, on Flickr

 

[Richard Nuttall]

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Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator) eating a bee. Lumix G80 and Leica 100-400mm

 

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OLYMPUS E-M1 + M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R + Raynox DCR-250 + YongNuo 565 EX
Ephemeroptera

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OLYM0064 copy by Serg BY, on Flickr

 

[morphodone]

I don't have a macro lens but I noticed these flowers that grow on vines.

All the bugs seem to be attracted to them. Ants are always crawling all over them and tonight I saw wasps on them.

Any idea why the insects would do this?

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Flowers with wasps and ants by Kyle McMurphy, on Flickr

 

[RaymondB]

G85+Oly60mm

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P1050810a-Dragonfly by raymondbPhotos, on Flickr

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P1050744a fly by raymondbPhotos, on Flickr

 

[DynaSport]

A few dragonflies.

E-M1 and ZD50-200 with EC-14

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[DynaSport]

One more

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[Mountain]

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[relic]

E-P5 + Panasonic 100-300mm; 1/2500 s, f/8, ISO 800, F.L. 300 mm.

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OLYMPUS E-M1 + M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R + Raynox DCR-250 + YongNuo 565 EX

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OLYM3256 copy — копия by Serg BY, on Flickr

 

[CD77]

Not sure what kind of beetle, but it was quite a handsome mini beast

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Beetle by Chris Dawson, on Flickr