Stunning photos, BluTunaThe tiny shiny is a Monolepta sp.
Backyard wildlife
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Some more macros from my garden over the long weekend.
This beetle made arrived with a crash on Friday evening.
A tiny Carpenter Bee taking a drink on the Bottle-Brush bush.
Another tiny bee.
A Harlequin Ladybird.
A tiny spider with only 3 legs left.
A Planthopper or a Snout Bug?
A female Mosquito drinking nectar. While I was taking this, I had four of her sisters taking a drink from me!
Lastly, a Water Boatman in my swimming pool.
This beetle made arrived with a crash on Friday evening.
A tiny Carpenter Bee taking a drink on the Bottle-Brush bush.
Another tiny bee.
A Harlequin Ladybird.
A tiny spider with only 3 legs left.
A Planthopper or a Snout Bug?
A female Mosquito drinking nectar. While I was taking this, I had four of her sisters taking a drink from me!
Lastly, a Water Boatman in my swimming pool.
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Incredible shots BluTuna - absolutely fascinating. There is another incredible world at that level isn't there? 
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Thank you MITH! I'm constantly astonished by the complexity that nature has produced; especially now that I'm starting to get results that do it justice.mouseinthehouse wrote:Incredible shots BluTuna - absolutely fascinating. There is another incredible world at that level isn't there?
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How many things that we do not see, only because we do not watch or are not looking for them. They are actually fascinating
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Superb photos BT! Love your backyard bugs!
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Sometimes I only see these creatures when they move because they are so well camouflaged!Lisbeth wrote:How many things that we do not see, only because we do not watch or are not looking for them. They are actually fascinating
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Thanks SM!Super Mongoose wrote:Superb photos BT! Love your backyard bugs!
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Cracking photos absolutely fascinating close up views
but the mosquito is a female
absolutely fascinating close up views but the mosquito is a female
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BT, these images of yours are mind bogglingly stunning!!!!
Sometimes it’s not until you don’t see what you want to see, that you truly open your eyes.