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Butterflies, Moths and Assorted Insects...

A few items from my most recent outing: a cuckoo wasp (genus Parnopes), an Acmon Blue (Icaricia acmon), and a thick-headed fly (genus Physocephala).
 

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Ichneumon wasp
Taken in Muskoka in Canada a few years ago. Fortunately it is a parasitic wasp that wicked looking back end is an ovipositor
 

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On the 16th of this month I snapped some caterpillars and a pupa. I hoped to see butterflies emerge but nature had other plans - Birds got the juicy grubs and ants got into the pupa and had a meal! :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

Anyway, here are the pics.
 

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I'm not sure where exactly I can post these without "braking" some rules - it's 50/50 :D!
 

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Thanks Click! But be careful - they are taken with the same lens that I use for birds (I don't like to care the extra weight of my 105mm macro).
 
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Great shots dpc!
I'm posting two more (I saw already a dragonfly on this page, hope it's not big violation of the rules...)
 

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