Insect Macro Images – Light Stalking

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- May 29, 2026 at 1:50 pm #549894
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  One of the most interesting insects to photograph is the “Hoverfly”. This is a generic title for a large range of different individual species. The are relatively simple to capture when feeding on flowers or at rest, but frustrating in the extreme if you try to photograph them “mid-hover”.
  
  This is a Common Banded Hoverfly
  
  Nikon Z8 – NIKKOR Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S
  
  ISO 1250 1/400th sec f/8.0
- May 30, 2026 at 6:35 am #549917
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  I haven’t seen that one before Stephen, he is cool, nice capture.
- May 30, 2026 at 1:01 pm #549942
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  A pleasant morning out shooting insects. I thought I’d share a few. This first one is another hoverfly, in this case a bumblebee mimic, known (unsurprisingly) as the Bumblebeen Hoverfly (Volucella bombylans)
- May 30, 2026 at 1:04 pm #549943
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  A nice beetle here – the Thick-Legged Flower Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
- May 30, 2026 at 1:05 pm #549944
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  A final one for today, the Honey Bee
- May 30, 2026 at 1:07 pm #549945
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  A final one for today, the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
- May 30, 2026 at 4:09 pm #549949
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  Great macro work!!
- May 30, 2026 at 6:00 pm #549951
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  Great set, Stephen, good details on all of them.
- May 31, 2026 at 11:19 am #549967
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  Wow, these are great, Stephen. My favorite is the hoverfly image.
  - May 31, 2026 at 2:33 pm #549972
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    Thank you so much!
- May 31, 2026 at 2:39 pm #549974
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  Nice set Stephen.
- June 1, 2026 at 1:04 am #549995
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  Stunning Macros Stephen. The contrasting colours and the details are brilliant 🙂
- June 2, 2026 at 1:42 pm #550073
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  A male Banded Damoiselle (Banded Agrion, Calopteryx splendens)
- June 2, 2026 at 4:28 pm #550077
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  That’s a nice one as well , made me think of a time by a southern Wyoming lake I started to photograph Damoiselles as there were literally hundreds of them , but was severely sidetracked over the next hour by the Yellow Headed Blackbirds feeding on them .Then the Trout started rising and I grabbed a pole and that was the end of that.
  - June 3, 2026 at 2:21 am #550098
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    Sounds like an awesome day 😀
- June 2, 2026 at 8:45 pm #550091
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  These are great images!
  - June 3, 2026 at 2:22 am #550099
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    Thank you so much 😀
- June 4, 2026 at 10:01 pm #550204
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  These are great – and you’re really dealing that plane of focus too.
  - June 5, 2026 at 2:05 am #550216
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    Many thanks Rob
- June 15, 2026 at 2:13 pm #550631
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  Large Skipper Butterfly
  - June 15, 2026 at 9:11 pm #550645
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    Nice Detail Stephen, we have the exact same butterfly here in the States.
  - June 16, 2026 at 9:38 pm #550673
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    Works so well with the complementary (almost) colours.
    - June 17, 2026 at 12:23 pm #550709
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      Thank you Rob
  - June 17, 2026 at 7:41 am #550690
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    Love it, beautiful colours and details Stephen 🙂
    - June 17, 2026 at 12:23 pm #550710
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      Thank you Dahlia
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