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  1. And finally, one I'm not too certain about, even though the iNaturalist, ObsIdentify, & Apple Photos computer vision models are.

    They're all convinced that this is a variable duskyface fly (Melanostoma mellinus; 🇩🇪 Glänzende Schwarzkopf-Schwebfliege), but some of the features seem a bit off 🧐

    Will check.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  2. And finally, one I'm not too certain about, even though the iNaturalist, ObsIdentify, & Apple Photos computer vision models are.

    They're all convinced that this is a variable duskyface fly (Melanostoma mellinus; 🇩🇪 Glänzende Schwarzkopf-Schwebfliege), but some of the features seem a bit off 🧐

    Will check.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  3. And finally, one I'm not too certain about, even though the iNaturalist, ObsIdentify, & Apple Photos computer vision models are.

    They're all convinced that this is a variable duskyface fly (Melanostoma mellinus; 🇩🇪 Glänzende Schwarzkopf-Schwebfliege), but some of the features seem a bit off 🧐

    Will check.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  4. And finally, one I'm not too certain about, even though the iNaturalist, ObsIdentify, & Apple Photos computer vision models are.

    They're all convinced that this is a variable duskyface fly (Melanostoma mellinus; 🇩🇪 Glänzende Schwarzkopf-Schwebfliege), but some of the features seem a bit off 🧐

    Will check.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  5. And finally, one I'm not too certain about, even though the iNaturalist, ObsIdentify, & Apple Photos computer vision models are.

    They're all convinced that this is a variable duskyface fly (Melanostoma mellinus; 🇩🇪 Glänzende Schwarzkopf-Schwebfliege), but some of the features seem a bit off 🧐

    Will check.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  6. I took a picture of one of these little dance flies (Hybos culiciformis) yesterday, but this shot shows a key identifier nicely, namely the pale-coloured hairs at the back of the thorax.

    This angle also shows the abdomen under the wings: the bulbous shape at the end is the terminal part of the male genitals.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  7. I took a picture of one of these little dance flies (Hybos culiciformis) yesterday, but this shot shows a key identifier nicely, namely the pale-coloured hairs at the back of the thorax.

    This angle also shows the abdomen under the wings: the bulbous shape at the end is the terminal part of the male genitals.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  8. I took a picture of one of these little dance flies (Hybos culiciformis) yesterday, but this shot shows a key identifier nicely, namely the pale-coloured hairs at the back of the thorax.

    This angle also shows the abdomen under the wings: the bulbous shape at the end is the terminal part of the male genitals.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  9. I took a picture of one of these little dance flies (Hybos culiciformis) yesterday, but this shot shows a key identifier nicely, namely the pale-coloured hairs at the back of the thorax.

    This angle also shows the abdomen under the wings: the bulbous shape at the end is the terminal part of the male genitals.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  10. I took a picture of one of these little dance flies (Hybos culiciformis) yesterday, but this shot shows a key identifier nicely, namely the pale-coloured hairs at the back of the thorax.

    This angle also shows the abdomen under the wings: the bulbous shape at the end is the terminal part of the male genitals.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  11. A cool garden denizen is the locust blowfly (Stomorhina lunata).

    In German, it referred to as the Augenstreifen-Schmeißfliege, recognising the coloured horizontal stripes that appear across its compound eyes.

    Note though that is just an interference effect & the stripes change as the fly or observer moves.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  12. A cool garden denizen is the locust blowfly (Stomorhina lunata).

    In German, it referred to as the Augenstreifen-Schmeißfliege, recognising the coloured horizontal stripes that appear across its compound eyes.

    Note though that is just an interference effect & the stripes change as the fly or observer moves.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  13. A cool garden denizen is the locust blowfly (Stomorhina lunata).

    In German, it referred to as the Augenstreifen-Schmeißfliege, recognising the coloured horizontal stripes that appear across its compound eyes.

    Note though that is just an interference effect & the stripes change as the fly or observer moves.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  14. A cool garden denizen is the locust blowfly (Stomorhina lunata).

    In German, it referred to as the Augenstreifen-Schmeißfliege, recognising the coloured horizontal stripes that appear across its compound eyes.

    Note though that is just an interference effect & the stripes change as the fly or observer moves.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  15. A cool garden denizen is the locust blowfly (Stomorhina lunata).

    In German, it referred to as the Augenstreifen-Schmeißfliege, recognising the coloured horizontal stripes that appear across its compound eyes.

    Note though that is just an interference effect & the stripes change as the fly or observer moves.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  16. Also shot from a distance is one of the very rare Dexia vacua flies that my garden is a hotspot for.

    The key identifier is the presence of median discal bristles, i.e. pairs of bristles on the back of the abdomen on tergites T2 & T3, set away from their edges. Plus bristles ahead of the thoracic suture.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  17. Also shot from a distance is one of the very rare Dexia vacua flies that my garden is a hotspot for.

    The key identifier is the presence of median discal bristles, i.e. pairs of bristles on the back of the abdomen on tergites T2 & T3, set away from their edges. Plus bristles ahead of the thoracic suture.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  18. Also shot from a distance is one of the very rare Dexia vacua flies that my garden is a hotspot for.

    The key identifier is the presence of median discal bristles, i.e. pairs of bristles on the back of the abdomen on tergites T2 & T3, set away from their edges. Plus bristles ahead of the thoracic suture.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  19. Also shot from a distance is one of the very rare Dexia vacua flies that my garden is a hotspot for.

    The key identifier is the presence of median discal bristles, i.e. pairs of bristles on the back of the abdomen on tergites T2 & T3, set away from their edges. Plus bristles ahead of the thoracic suture.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  20. Also shot from a distance is one of the very rare Dexia vacua flies that my garden is a hotspot for.

    The key identifier is the presence of median discal bristles, i.e. pairs of bristles on the back of the abdomen on tergites T2 & T3, set away from their edges. Plus bristles ahead of the thoracic suture.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  21. A third new species for the day is this small ladybird, hiding from the rain among the leaves of a plant.

    Taken from a distance, it's not a great shot, but nevertheless sufficient to ID it as a pine ladybird (Exochomus quadripustulatus; 🇩🇪 Vierfleckiger Kugelmarienkäfer).

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  22. A third new species for the day is this small ladybird, hiding from the rain among the leaves of a plant.

    Taken from a distance, it's not a great shot, but nevertheless sufficient to ID it as a pine ladybird (Exochomus quadripustulatus; 🇩🇪 Vierfleckiger Kugelmarienkäfer).

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  23. A third new species for the day is this small ladybird, hiding from the rain among the leaves of a plant.

    Taken from a distance, it's not a great shot, but nevertheless sufficient to ID it as a pine ladybird (Exochomus quadripustulatus; 🇩🇪 Vierfleckiger Kugelmarienkäfer).

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  24. A third new species for the day is this small ladybird, hiding from the rain among the leaves of a plant.

    Taken from a distance, it's not a great shot, but nevertheless sufficient to ID it as a pine ladybird (Exochomus quadripustulatus; 🇩🇪 Vierfleckiger Kugelmarienkäfer).

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  25. A third new species for the day is this small ladybird, hiding from the rain among the leaves of a plant.

    Taken from a distance, it's not a great shot, but nevertheless sufficient to ID it as a pine ladybird (Exochomus quadripustulatus; 🇩🇪 Vierfleckiger Kugelmarienkäfer).

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  26. Another new chunky fly for this year is Minettia fasciata, in the Lauxaniid family.

    Widespread across Europe, but not that frequent, which might explain why it doesn't have a common name in English or German.

    It's also not a single species, but rather a complex, which are difficult to ID individually.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  27. Another new chunky fly for this year is Minettia fasciata, in the Lauxaniid family.

    Widespread across Europe, but not that frequent, which might explain why it doesn't have a common name in English or German.

    It's also not a single species, but rather a complex, which are difficult to ID individually.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  28. Another new chunky fly for this year is Minettia fasciata, in the Lauxaniid family.

    Widespread across Europe, but not that frequent, which might explain why it doesn't have a common name in English or German.

    It's also not a single species, but rather a complex, which are difficult to ID individually.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  29. Another new chunky fly for this year is Minettia fasciata, in the Lauxaniid family.

    Widespread across Europe, but not that frequent, which might explain why it doesn't have a common name in English or German.

    It's also not a single species, but rather a complex, which are difficult to ID individually.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  30. Another new chunky fly for this year is Minettia fasciata, in the Lauxaniid family.

    Widespread across Europe, but not that frequent, which might explain why it doesn't have a common name in English or German.

    It's also not a single species, but rather a complex, which are difficult to ID individually.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  31. Another cloudy & rainy day, somewhat unpromising for arthropod hunting.

    But don't judge a book by its cover – there were indeed some interesting things to see in the garden.

    Starting with this chonk feeding on the remains of the figs: it's a female orange muscid fly (Phaonia pallida; 🇩🇪 Helle Hausfliege).

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  32. Another cloudy & rainy day, somewhat unpromising for arthropod hunting.

    But don't judge a book by its cover – there were indeed some interesting things to see in the garden.

    Starting with this chonk feeding on the remains of the figs: it's a female orange muscid fly (Phaonia pallida; 🇩🇪 Helle Hausfliege).

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  33. Another cloudy & rainy day, somewhat unpromising for arthropod hunting.

    But don't judge a book by its cover – there were indeed some interesting things to see in the garden.

    Starting with this chonk feeding on the remains of the figs: it's a female orange muscid fly (Phaonia pallida; 🇩🇪 Helle Hausfliege).

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  34. Another cloudy & rainy day, somewhat unpromising for arthropod hunting.

    But don't judge a book by its cover – there were indeed some interesting things to see in the garden.

    Starting with this chonk feeding on the remains of the figs: it's a female orange muscid fly (Phaonia pallida; 🇩🇪 Helle Hausfliege).

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  35. Another cloudy & rainy day, somewhat unpromising for arthropod hunting.

    But don't judge a book by its cover – there were indeed some interesting things to see in the garden.

    Starting with this chonk feeding on the remains of the figs: it's a female orange muscid fly (Phaonia pallida; 🇩🇪 Helle Hausfliege).

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  36. A couple of bonus arthropods, albeit neither new species.

    An alder spittlebug (Aphrophora alni; 🇩🇪 Erlenschaumzikade) & an ornate-tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis; 🇩🇪 Bienenjagende Knotenwespe).

    At least I think that's what the latter is: the markings don't quite match, but they seem very variable, so ...

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  37. A couple of bonus arthropods, albeit neither new species.

    An alder spittlebug (Aphrophora alni; 🇩🇪 Erlenschaumzikade) & an ornate-tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis; 🇩🇪 Bienenjagende Knotenwespe).

    At least I think that's what the latter is: the markings don't quite match, but they seem very variable, so ...

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  38. A couple of bonus arthropods, albeit neither new species.

    An alder spittlebug (Aphrophora alni; 🇩🇪 Erlenschaumzikade) & an ornate-tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis; 🇩🇪 Bienenjagende Knotenwespe).

    At least I think that's what the latter is: the markings don't quite match, but they seem very variable, so ...

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  39. A couple of bonus arthropods, albeit neither new species.

    An alder spittlebug (Aphrophora alni; 🇩🇪 Erlenschaumzikade) & an ornate-tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis; 🇩🇪 Bienenjagende Knotenwespe).

    At least I think that's what the latter is: the markings don't quite match, but they seem very variable, so ...

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  40. A couple of bonus arthropods, albeit neither new species.

    An alder spittlebug (Aphrophora alni; 🇩🇪 Erlenschaumzikade) & an ornate-tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis; 🇩🇪 Bienenjagende Knotenwespe).

    At least I think that's what the latter is: the markings don't quite match, but they seem very variable, so ...

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  41. And the third new species for today is this dance fly, which was patient enough for me to capture a focus stack of eight images in dark conditions.

    The golden bristles at the base of the thorax, among other features, suggest that it is Hybos culiciformis, a fly that lacks both English & German common names 🤷‍♂️

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  42. And the third new species for today is this dance fly, which was patient enough for me to capture a focus stack of eight images in dark conditions.

    The golden bristles at the base of the thorax, among other features, suggest that it is Hybos culiciformis, a fly that lacks both English & German common names 🤷‍♂️

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  43. And the third new species for today is this dance fly, which was patient enough for me to capture a focus stack of eight images in dark conditions.

    The golden bristles at the base of the thorax, among other features, suggest that it is Hybos culiciformis, a fly that lacks both English & German common names 🤷‍♂️

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  44. And the third new species for today is this dance fly, which was patient enough for me to capture a focus stack of eight images in dark conditions.

    The golden bristles at the base of the thorax, among other features, suggest that it is Hybos culiciformis, a fly that lacks both English & German common names 🤷‍♂️

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  45. And the third new species for today is this dance fly, which was patient enough for me to capture a focus stack of eight images in dark conditions.

    The golden bristles at the base of the thorax, among other features, suggest that it is Hybos culiciformis, a fly that lacks both English & German common names 🤷‍♂️

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  46. I saw this squat little fly last autumn & there were several feeding in the Canada goldenrod today.

    The shape & markings lead to it being called the ladybird fly (Gymnosoma rotundatum). Despite being widespread in Germany, it lacks a common German name 🤷‍♂️

    First picture is a female; the other three show a male.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  47. I saw this squat little fly last autumn & there were several feeding in the Canada goldenrod today.

    The shape & markings lead to it being called the ladybird fly (Gymnosoma rotundatum). Despite being widespread in Germany, it lacks a common German name 🤷‍♂️

    First picture is a female; the other three show a male.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  48. I saw this squat little fly last autumn & there were several feeding in the Canada goldenrod today.

    The shape & markings lead to it being called the ladybird fly (Gymnosoma rotundatum). Despite being widespread in Germany, it lacks a common German name 🤷‍♂️

    First picture is a female; the other three show a male.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  49. I saw this squat little fly last autumn & there were several feeding in the Canada goldenrod today.

    The shape & markings lead to it being called the ladybird fly (Gymnosoma rotundatum). Despite being widespread in Germany, it lacks a common German name 🤷‍♂️

    First picture is a female; the other three show a male.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  50. I saw this squat little fly last autumn & there were several feeding in the Canada goldenrod today.

    The shape & markings lead to it being called the ladybird fly (Gymnosoma rotundatum). Despite being widespread in Germany, it lacks a common German name 🤷‍♂️

    First picture is a female; the other three show a male.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  51. Back home to cool, cloudy, & even drizzly weather. But not too bad for our garden arthropods.

    First, a new one for me: a fig-tree skeletonizer moth (Choreutis nemorana; 🇩🇪 Feigen-Spreizflügelfalter), with its white underside & peculiarly folded wingtips.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  52. Back home to cool, cloudy, & even drizzly weather. But not too bad for our garden arthropods.

    First, a new one for me: a fig-tree skeletonizer moth (Choreutis nemorana; 🇩🇪 Feigen-Spreizflügelfalter), with its white underside & peculiarly folded wingtips.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  53. Back home to cool, cloudy, & even drizzly weather. But not too bad for our garden arthropods.

    First, a new one for me: a fig-tree skeletonizer moth (Choreutis nemorana; 🇩🇪 Feigen-Spreizflügelfalter), with its white underside & peculiarly folded wingtips.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  54. Back home to cool, cloudy, & even drizzly weather. But not too bad for our garden arthropods.

    First, a new one for me: a fig-tree skeletonizer moth (Choreutis nemorana; 🇩🇪 Feigen-Spreizflügelfalter), with its white underside & peculiarly folded wingtips.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  55. Back home to cool, cloudy, & even drizzly weather. But not too bad for our garden arthropods.

    First, a new one for me: a fig-tree skeletonizer moth (Choreutis nemorana; 🇩🇪 Feigen-Spreizflügelfalter), with its white underside & peculiarly folded wingtips.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  56. Finally, a very poor photo of another dragonfly, which auto-focus didn't manage to lock properly onto before it flitted away.

    Still, the colouration & pattern are distinctive enough to clearly ID this as a migrant hawker (Aeshna mixta; 🇩🇪 Herbst-Mosaikjungfer).

    We used to get *loads* of these in our NL garden.

    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  57. Finally, a very poor photo of another dragonfly, which auto-focus didn't manage to lock properly onto before it flitted away.

    Still, the colouration & pattern are distinctive enough to clearly ID this as a migrant hawker (Aeshna mixta; 🇩🇪 Herbst-Mosaikjungfer).

    We used to get *loads* of these in our NL garden.

    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  58. Finally, a very poor photo of another dragonfly, which auto-focus didn't manage to lock properly onto before it flitted away.

    Still, the colouration & pattern are distinctive enough to clearly ID this as a migrant hawker (Aeshna mixta; 🇩🇪 Herbst-Mosaikjungfer).

    We used to get *loads* of these in our NL garden.

    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  59. Finally, a very poor photo of another dragonfly, which auto-focus didn't manage to lock properly onto before it flitted away.

    Still, the colouration & pattern are distinctive enough to clearly ID this as a migrant hawker (Aeshna mixta; 🇩🇪 Herbst-Mosaikjungfer).

    We used to get *loads* of these in our NL garden.

    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  60. Finally, a very poor photo of another dragonfly, which auto-focus didn't manage to lock properly onto before it flitted away.

    Still, the colouration & pattern are distinctive enough to clearly ID this as a migrant hawker (Aeshna mixta; 🇩🇪 Herbst-Mosaikjungfer).

    We used to get *loads* of these in our NL garden.

    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲