more bugs, same location. Went looking for hoverflies in flight, but they were neither abundant nor flying. The dragons were all busy making more dragons, so I turned my eye towards whatever else I could find. I hate going in with no sense of purpose, it took me about 40 minutes to really get going. In any case, here are a few that came out well.
A japanese beetle that might have been better with another half an F/stop.
the world's prettiest fly - I'm going back for more shots of these, they were ubiquitous but I didn't realize how photogenic they were until I got home and reviewed the pics. All of the really good poses were slightly out of focus - the wind was pretty rough to deal with when the depth of field is less than an inch!
and the world's ugliest bug. Hands down winner.