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#BugParade

My crocuses are just starting to put out leaves. Not too long till the first flowers show up. All winter I've been posting old flower photos under #FlowerParade. Since the flowers will soon be here, thought I'd post some insect/arachnid photos since it's not too long before they show up too.

Here's a pale green assassin bug exploring a periwinkle flower.
(09/20/21)

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Life among the clematis blossoms can be hazardous. Especially if the lurkers are barely distinguishable from the flowers in which they lurk.
(08/25/21)

(@val, photo was bit better than I recall. I forgot about the fly)

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Viceroy hanging out at the #WaterWorksPrairiePark in Iowa City, Iowa.
(09/06/22)

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Bumblebee on purple coneflower.
(06/11/23)

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Monarch butterfly on common milkweed.
(08/01/23)

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Lady beetle atop a hollyhock bud, looking fierce.
(07/03/23)

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Or perhaps a large katydid feasting on the aforementioned dahlias (see previous post👆).
(08/15/23)

#insects #InsectPhotography #flowers #FlowerPhotography #nature #NaturePhotography #macro #MacroPhotography #MastoArt #photography #AltText

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I've been posting flower photos under #FlowerParade throughout the winter but I thought I'd start posting some insect & arachnid photos since I miss them in winter nearly as much as I miss flowers. So I'm going to start posting some insect photos under #BugParade.

Here's a katydid near the center of a pink evening primrose.
(06/01/22)

#insects #InsectPhotography
#FlowerPhotography #nature #NaturePhotography #macro #MacroPhotography #MastoArt #photography #AltText