Butterflies, Moths and Assorted Insects...

[Click]

I have no idea. It's really strange, it's only at this spot.

 

[Maximilian]

... my first 2022 hummingbird hawk-moth (macroglossum stellatarum). ...

I could get some more:
5D4, 100-400LII+ext.,@560 mm, 1/2000, f/8, ISO 1000. some exposure correction +2/3 in PP was needed for the first two

 

[Maximilian]

A few weeks ago I got that cricket in front of my lens.
I suppose it is a female dark bush-cricket (pholidoptera griseoaptera) with a broken ovipositor.

 

[OskarB]

Some butterflies from earlier this year. All taken with M6II + EF-M 32

 

[Click]

Lovely shots, OskarB.

 

[OskarB]

Lovely shots, OskarB.

Thank you Click!

 

[ISv]

Here you can see why I wasted my weekend on place where nobody can expect interesting birds.
Because of my daughter and here insects!
On other hand it seems she got a photo of a field test of the last Canon camera/long telephoto aimed at the insect market (it's obviously Canon model/innovation!). In this case the testing photographer was a wasp... This I suspect is CR1!!!
I'm posting this without permission but she has pretty good sense of humor so I may survive!

 

[ISv]

My first Mantis in ~2 years(?). On other hand I didn't explore that reach of Mantis grounds for a long time.

 

[ISv]

The only insect from today... Another kind of Wasp.

 

[Click]

Perfect focus on the subject, beautiful bokeh.

 

[ISv]

Perfect focus on the subject, beautiful bokeh.

Thanks Click! Here are some photos from my daughter - with macro lens. I didn't post a birds recently because I was making chaperone to show her some habitats reach of insects (honestly I didn't see much of insects but she is the expert in finding them!). And there is not much from the birds in that location (s)!... Practically nothing in this season (better in the next several weeks) !
These are with her permission: "Dad please crop them properly": we have some differences with the cropping, all here are my variants .
First habitat (~2 weeks ago). Hand hold, no focus stacking as always...









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[ISv]

And here is the location from the last Sunday...

 

[Click]

Thanks Click! Here are some photos from my daughter -

She's very talented. I really like her shots. Kudos to her.

 

[ISv]

She's very talented. I really like her shots. Kudos to her.

I just was instructed to tell you "thanks a lot!!!" .
BTW I wonder if anyone else has seen that "stitches" on the fly's head (photo#4 of the first series) before or it was in a Halloween costume?!

 

[dpc]

Bees on sunflower

 

[Click]

Bees on sunflower

Nice macro, dpc. Very colourful.

 

[Maximilian]

Bees on sunflower

Is winter already over again?
Just kidding. Really nice shots.

 

[ISv]

Is winter already over again?
Just kidding. Really nice shots.

Yeah it is - November 13 !
I will remember this date for very long time! I was so stupid to allow my camera to fall down from the tripod - lens first, on asphalt road (~165-170cm)!
The wasp and butterfly are before the event. The Preying Mantis - shortly after...

 

[ISv]

And some shots from my daughter made on the same unforgettable date. Very hot day and my ~300 cm are not in pare with her 33-40cm (and I'm shooting from tripod, she is handhold!)

 

[Click]

I really like the last picture.

Well done, ISv.