Was able to meet up with Patrick, Leona, and Angella in the The Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I had a great time meeting and shooting with all of you. It was very interesting. We would stop at a place and like a swarm of ants we would go in …

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….bug, even on a 1-inch daisyette like this. There were two beetles, and the tiny little stripy bug that I didn’t get sharp enough to identify

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This West Coast Lady, Vanessa annabella, cast a long shadow in the setting sun at Sweetwater Wetlands in Tucson, Arizona.

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For Kim Klassen’s Texture Tuesday, movie theme. Movie – A Bug’s Life Added one layer of Kim’s ‘luminous’ texture at 80%, blend soft light and erased from the damselfly.

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Phoebis sennae on Aureolaria pectinata? Apalachicola National Forest, Liberty County, FL

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I visited the wood hoping to see hairstreaks. I was disappointed in that aim but very pleased to see this shield bug as I was leaving. It is one of those I don’t see very often.

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Longlegged flies are like tiny, metallic robber flies. They are predatory on smaller insects, and this Condylostylus sp. is eating *something.* Normally, these flies are very wary and difficult to approach close enough for a shot like this.

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So I was in muir woods in california and went very early in the morning. The spider webs in the woods would shine if the sunlight hit them correctly. It was beautiful

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Not sure what this cool bug is but I really want to hunt one down.

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True love is to pick bugs out of your lover’s butt.

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