Botanic Gardens- Insects

[CaraRose]

Butterflies and a few others

1. I'm thinking a butterfly or moth egg? It looked like a little pearl.


2 A beat up skipper


3 A tattered Red Admiral


4 Fiery Skipper


5 Tiger Swallowtail


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10 Large Milkweed Beetle, just missed the focus from the face to the back.


11 Monarch feeding on Swamp Milkweed


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14 Carpenter Bee


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17 Cabbage White


18 That pollen just sticks to everything...


19 Buckeye


20 One more Tiger Swallowtail

[armando_m]

wow, what a series ! great macros

love #6

do you shoot with a monopod/tripod ? I'm guessing you do ...

[armando_m]

oops, duplicated post

[CaraRose]

Thanks Armando

I now keep a monopod with a lightweight ballhead with me whenever I'm out. Generally I use it in low light situations or when I do macros where I can't do my kneel and rest my elbows on my knees for stability maneuver.

And it makes a great walking staff, LOL

[OldClicker]

Nice series. Love the swallowtail shots. - Terry

[scott-devon]

Very nice series, great macros!