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Stephen Thackeray.
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May 29, 2026 at 1:50 pm #549894
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 SISO 1250 1/400th sec f/8.0
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May 30, 2026 at 6:35 am #549917
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Allows Edits? YesI haven’t seen that one before Stephen, he is cool, nice capture.
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May 30, 2026 at 1:01 pm #549942
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)

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May 30, 2026 at 1:04 pm #549943
A nice beetle here – the Thick-Legged Flower Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)

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May 30, 2026 at 1:05 pm #549944
A final one for today, the Honey Bee
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May 30, 2026 at 1:07 pm #549945
A final one for today, the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

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May 30, 2026 at 4:09 pm #549949
Great macro work!!
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May 30, 2026 at 6:00 pm #549951
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Allows Edits? YesGreat set, Stephen, good details on all of them.
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May 31, 2026 at 11:19 am #549967
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Allows Edits? YesWow, these are great, Stephen. My favorite is the hoverfly image.
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May 31, 2026 at 2:33 pm #549972
Thank you so much!
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May 31, 2026 at 2:39 pm #549974
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Allows Edits? YesNice set Stephen.
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June 1, 2026 at 1:04 am #549995
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Allows Edits? YesStunning Macros Stephen. The contrasting colours and the details are brilliant 🙂
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June 2, 2026 at 1:42 pm #550073
A male Banded Damoiselle (Banded Agrion, Calopteryx splendens
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June 2, 2026 at 4:28 pm #550077
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Allows Edits? YesThat’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.
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June 3, 2026 at 2:21 am #550098
Sounds like an awesome day 😀
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June 2, 2026 at 8:45 pm #550091
These are great images!
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June 3, 2026 at 2:22 am #550099
Thank you so much 😀
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June 4, 2026 at 10:01 pm #550204
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Allows Edits? YesThese are great – and you’re really dealing that plane of focus too.
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June 5, 2026 at 2:05 am #550216
Many thanks Rob
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June 15, 2026 at 2:13 pm #550631
Large Skipper Butterfly

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June 15, 2026 at 9:11 pm #550645
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Allows Edits? YesNice Detail Stephen, we have the exact same butterfly here in the States.
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June 16, 2026 at 9:38 pm #550673
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Allows Edits? YesWorks so well with the complementary (almost) colours.
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June 17, 2026 at 12:23 pm #550709
Thank you Rob
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June 17, 2026 at 7:41 am #550690
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Allows Edits? YesLove it, beautiful colours and details Stephen 🙂
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June 17, 2026 at 12:23 pm #550710
Thank you Dahlia
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