#macrophotography — Public Fediverse posts

Red barrenwort - Fleur des elfes (Epimedium × rubrum)

#bloomscrolling #flowers #gardening #macro #macrophotography #photography

Red barrenwort - Fleur des elfes (Epimedium × rubrum)

#bloomscrolling #flowers #gardening #macro #macrophotography #photography

Red barrenwort - Fleur des elfes (Epimedium × rubrum)

#bloomscrolling #flowers #gardening #macro #macrophotography #photography

Red barrenwort - Fleur des elfes (Epimedium × rubrum)

#bloomscrolling #flowers #gardening #macro #macrophotography #photography

Red barrenwort - Fleur des elfes (Epimedium × rubrum)

#bloomscrolling #flowers #gardening #macro #macrophotography #photography

Cracked stone, dim alley
White blooms strain toward fading sunlight.

 #FlowerPhotography #MacroPhotography #NaturePhotography #Wildflowers #UrbanNature #MoodyPhotography #BackyardBotany #Chicago #Pixelfed #Fediverse #A11y 

Cracked stone, dim alley
White blooms strain toward fading sunlight.

 #FlowerPhotography #MacroPhotography #NaturePhotography #Wildflowers #UrbanNature #MoodyPhotography #BackyardBotany #Chicago #Pixelfed #Fediverse #A11y 

Cracked stone, dim alley
White blooms strain toward fading sunlight.

 #FlowerPhotography #MacroPhotography #NaturePhotography #Wildflowers #UrbanNature #MoodyPhotography #BackyardBotany #Chicago #Pixelfed #Fediverse #A11y 

Cracked stone, dim alley
White blooms strain toward fading sunlight.

 #FlowerPhotography #MacroPhotography #NaturePhotography #Wildflowers #UrbanNature #MoodyPhotography #BackyardBotany #Chicago #Pixelfed #Fediverse #A11y 

Cracked stone, dim alley
White blooms strain toward fading sunlight.

 #FlowerPhotography #MacroPhotography #NaturePhotography #Wildflowers #UrbanNature #MoodyPhotography #BackyardBotany #Chicago #Pixelfed #Fediverse #A11y 

A seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
has just landed on a lavender flower. It’s interesting how its wings are much larger than its elytra, so it has to fold them carefully.
iPhone 17 Pro macro mode. Alicante, Spain.

Una mariquita de siete puntos (coccinella septempunctata)
acaba de aterrizar sobre una flor de lavanda. Es curioso cómo las alas son mucho mayores que los élitros y debe plegarlas cuidadosamente.

Ein Siebenpunkt-Marienkäfer (Coccinella septempunctata)
ist gerade auf einer Lavendelblüte gelandet. Es ist interessant, dass seine Flügel viel größer sind als seine Flügeldecken und er sie sorgfältig zusammenfalten muss.

#macro #macrolens #macrophotography #insects #nature #animalsonland #naturephotography #animals #wildlifephotography#coccinellaseptempunctata

Frais sortie de son exuvie

#nature #naturephotography #macro #macrophotography #art #artphotography #flowers #fleurs #botanica #botanique #photography #photooftheday #nikon #nikonz8 #Québec #montreal

Zuringwants (Coreus marginatus)
Photo taken in the Beiras region of Portugal
#nature, #olympus, #Portugal, #naturephotography, #insects
#BugOfTheDay, #outdoorphotography #fotografie, #macrophotography

Fleurs des champs ... Suite .....

J'ai découvert il y a peu la violette des champs ( Viola arvensis ) parmi bleuets et coquelicots .... C'est une plante dont les fleurs qui font pas plus de 6 à 7 mm de diamètre seraient comestibles, qui aurait l'idée saugrenue de manger de telles beautés ? 🤍💛💜

Photo Sony Nex-3, 30 mm macro.

#garden
#nature #naturephotography #amateurphotography #photography
#FleurisTonFil
#ColoreTonFil
#Botanique
#Végétal
#BloomScrolling
#Flore
#Fleurs #macro #macrophotography
#jardin #fotografie #macrophoto #printemps #fleurs #fleurdesjardins
#blumen #fleursdeschamps

Fleurs des champs ... Suite .....

J'ai découvert il y a peu la violette des champs ( Viola arvensis ) parmi bleuets et coquelicots .... C'est une plante dont les fleurs qui font pas plus de 6 à 7 mm de diamètre seraient comestibles, qui aurait l'idée saugrenue de manger de telles beautés ? 🤍💛💜

Photo Sony Nex-3, 30 mm macro.

#garden
#nature #naturephotography #amateurphotography #photography
#FleurisTonFil
#ColoreTonFil
#Botanique
#Végétal
#BloomScrolling
#Flore
#Fleurs #macro #macrophotography
#jardin #fotografie #macrophoto #printemps #fleurs #fleurdesjardins
#blumen #fleursdeschamps

Fleurs des champs ... Suite .....

J'ai découvert il y a peu la violette des champs ( Viola arvensis ) parmi bleuets et coquelicots .... C'est une plante dont les fleurs qui font pas plus de 6 à 7 mm de diamètre seraient comestibles, qui aurait l'idée saugrenue de manger de telles beautés ? 🤍💛💜

Photo Sony Nex-3, 30 mm macro.

#garden
#nature #naturephotography #amateurphotography #photography
#FleurisTonFil
#ColoreTonFil
#Botanique
#Végétal
#BloomScrolling
#Flore
#Fleurs #macro #macrophotography
#jardin #fotografie #macrophoto #printemps #fleurs #fleurdesjardins
#blumen #fleursdeschamps

Fleurs des champs ... Suite .....

J'ai découvert il y a peu la violette des champs ( Viola arvensis ) parmi bleuets et coquelicots .... C'est une plante dont les fleurs qui font pas plus de 6 à 7 mm de diamètre seraient comestibles, qui aurait l'idée saugrenue de manger de telles beautés ? 🤍💛💜

Photo Sony Nex-3, 30 mm macro.

#garden
#nature #naturephotography #amateurphotography #photography
#FleurisTonFil
#ColoreTonFil
#Botanique
#Végétal
#BloomScrolling
#Flore
#Fleurs #macro #macrophotography
#jardin #fotografie #macrophoto #printemps #fleurs #fleurdesjardins
#blumen #fleursdeschamps

Fleurs des champs ... Suite .....

J'ai découvert il y a peu la violette des champs ( Viola arvensis ) parmi bleuets et coquelicots .... C'est une plante dont les fleurs qui font pas plus de 6 à 7 mm de diamètre seraient comestibles, qui aurait l'idée saugrenue de manger de telles beautés ? 🤍💛💜

Photo Sony Nex-3, 30 mm macro.

#garden
#nature #naturephotography #amateurphotography #photography
#FleurisTonFil
#ColoreTonFil
#Botanique
#Végétal
#BloomScrolling
#Flore
#Fleurs #macro #macrophotography
#jardin #fotografie #macrophoto #printemps #fleurs #fleurdesjardins
#blumen #fleursdeschamps

Makromittwoch

In Liberec im botanischen Garten gibt es auch ein Aquarium. Da ist mir dieser Schnappschuss gelungen ;-)

Piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri)

Die Zähne sind deutlich sichtbar

#macro #macrophotography #makro #makrofotografie #makromittwoch

Une libellule fraîchement sortie son exuvie

#nature #naturephotography #macro #macrophotography #art #artphotography #flowers #fleurs #botanica #botanique #photography #photooftheday #nikon #nikonz8 #Québec #montreal

Une libellule fraîchement sortie son exuvie

#nature #naturephotography #macro #macrophotography #art #artphotography #flowers #fleurs #botanica #botanique #photography #photooftheday #nikon #nikonz8 #Québec #montreal

Une libellule fraîchement sortie son exuvie

#nature #naturephotography #macro #macrophotography #art #artphotography #flowers #fleurs #botanica #botanique #photography #photooftheday #nikon #nikonz8 #Québec #montreal

Une libellule fraîchement sortie son exuvie

#nature #naturephotography #macro #macrophotography #art #artphotography #flowers #fleurs #botanica #botanique #photography #photooftheday #nikon #nikonz8 #Québec #montreal

Une libellule fraîchement sortie son exuvie

#nature #naturephotography #macro #macrophotography #art #artphotography #flowers #fleurs #botanica #botanique #photography #photooftheday #nikon #nikonz8 #Québec #montreal

Western honeybee (2026)
lat. Apis mellifera
Photo ©️ Dietmar Bachmann
📍Oftringen, Switzerland

#makromittwoch #wildlifewednesday #bee #honeybee #wildlife #wildlifephotography #apidae #apismellifera #animals #insects #macro #macrophotography #photography #hasselblad #photo #Biene #Honigbiene #Wildtiere #Naturfotografie #Tiere #Insekten #Makro #Makrofotografie #Fotografie #Foto

Western honeybee (2026)
lat. Apis mellifera
Photo ©️ Dietmar Bachmann
📍Oftringen, Switzerland

#makromittwoch #wildlifewednesday #bee #honeybee #wildlife #wildlifephotography #apidae #apismellifera #animals #insects #macro #macrophotography #photography #hasselblad #photo #Biene #Honigbiene #Wildtiere #Naturfotografie #Tiere #Insekten #Makro #Makrofotografie #Fotografie #Foto

Western honeybee (2026)
lat. Apis mellifera
Photo ©️ Dietmar Bachmann
📍Oftringen, Switzerland

#makromittwoch #wildlifewednesday #bee #honeybee #wildlife #wildlifephotography #apidae #apismellifera #animals #insects #macro #macrophotography #photography #hasselblad #photo #Biene #Honigbiene #Wildtiere #Naturfotografie #Tiere #Insekten #Makro #Makrofotografie #Fotografie #Foto

Western honeybee (2026)
lat. Apis mellifera
Photo ©️ Dietmar Bachmann
📍Oftringen, Switzerland

#makromittwoch #wildlifewednesday #bee #honeybee #wildlife #wildlifephotography #apidae #apismellifera #animals #insects #macro #macrophotography #photography #hasselblad #photo #Biene #Honigbiene #Wildtiere #Naturfotografie #Tiere #Insekten #Makro #Makrofotografie #Fotografie #Foto

Western honeybee (2026)
lat. Apis mellifera
Photo ©️ Dietmar Bachmann
📍Oftringen, Switzerland

#makromittwoch #wildlifewednesday #bee #honeybee #wildlife #wildlifephotography #apidae #apismellifera #animals #insects #macro #macrophotography #photography #hasselblad #photo #Biene #Honigbiene #Wildtiere #Naturfotografie #Tiere #Insekten #Makro #Makrofotografie #Fotografie #Foto

Finally for now, one from yesterday – a slightly mangled Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon; 🇩🇪 Schwalbenschwanz).

Common across Central Europe, but I don't think I've ever seen one around Heidelberg. Then again, this one was very active, & it took me quite a while even to get these half-decent pictures.

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

Finally for now, one from yesterday – a slightly mangled Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon; 🇩🇪 Schwalbenschwanz).

Common across Central Europe, but I don't think I've ever seen one around Heidelberg. Then again, this one was very active, & it took me quite a while even to get these half-decent pictures.

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

Finally for now, one from yesterday – a slightly mangled Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon; 🇩🇪 Schwalbenschwanz).

Common across Central Europe, but I don't think I've ever seen one around Heidelberg. Then again, this one was very active, & it took me quite a while even to get these half-decent pictures.

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

Finally for now, one from yesterday – a slightly mangled Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon; 🇩🇪 Schwalbenschwanz).

Common across Central Europe, but I don't think I've ever seen one around Heidelberg. Then again, this one was very active, & it took me quite a while even to get these half-decent pictures.

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

Finally for now, one from yesterday – a slightly mangled Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon; 🇩🇪 Schwalbenschwanz).

Common across Central Europe, but I don't think I've ever seen one around Heidelberg. Then again, this one was very active, & it took me quite a while even to get these half-decent pictures.

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

And one of my favourites, no matter where I encounter them – this is a hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum; 🇩🇪 Taubenschwänzchen).

There were also a pair of them working the same flowers & plant, which is not something I've seen very often before.

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

And one of my favourites, no matter where I encounter them – this is a hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum; 🇩🇪 Taubenschwänzchen).

There were also a pair of them working the same flowers & plant, which is not something I've seen very often before.

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

And one of my favourites, no matter where I encounter them – this is a hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum; 🇩🇪 Taubenschwänzchen).

There were also a pair of them working the same flowers & plant, which is not something I've seen very often before.

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

And one of my favourites, no matter where I encounter them – this is a hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum; 🇩🇪 Taubenschwänzchen).

There were also a pair of them working the same flowers & plant, which is not something I've seen very often before.

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

And one of my favourites, no matter where I encounter them – this is a hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum; 🇩🇪 Taubenschwänzchen).

There were also a pair of them working the same flowers & plant, which is not something I've seen very often before.

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

From the largest bees in Europe to the largest grasshoppers – this is an Egyptian bird grasshopper (Anacridium aegyptium; 🇩🇪 Ägyptische Wanderheuschrecke).

And unlike the previous one I saw a couple of days ago, this one had both of its hind legs, & could assuredly both hop & fly.

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

From the largest bees in Europe to the largest grasshoppers – this is an Egyptian bird grasshopper (Anacridium aegyptium; 🇩🇪 Ägyptische Wanderheuschrecke).

And unlike the previous one I saw a couple of days ago, this one had both of its hind legs, & could assuredly both hop & fly.

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

From the largest bees in Europe to the largest grasshoppers – this is an Egyptian bird grasshopper (Anacridium aegyptium; 🇩🇪 Ägyptische Wanderheuschrecke).

And unlike the previous one I saw a couple of days ago, this one had both of its hind legs, & could assuredly both hop & fly.

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

From the largest bees in Europe to the largest grasshoppers – this is an Egyptian bird grasshopper (Anacridium aegyptium; 🇩🇪 Ägyptische Wanderheuschrecke).

And unlike the previous one I saw a couple of days ago, this one had both of its hind legs, & could assuredly both hop & fly.

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

From the largest bees in Europe to the largest grasshoppers – this is an Egyptian bird grasshopper (Anacridium aegyptium; 🇩🇪 Ägyptische Wanderheuschrecke).

And unlike the previous one I saw a couple of days ago, this one had both of its hind legs, & could assuredly both hop & fly.

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

Back down to earth – a pair of large carpenter bees was patrolling the flowers.

They're genus Xylocopa & normally it's hard to definitively separate X. valga, the splay-footed carpenter bee from X. violacea, the violet one.

But as only the latter have been reported in Mallorca on iNaturalist, I'll plump for that.

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

Back down to earth – a pair of large carpenter bees was patrolling the flowers.

They're genus Xylocopa & normally it's hard to definitively separate X. valga, the splay-footed carpenter bee from X. violacea, the violet one.

But as only the latter have been reported in Mallorca on iNaturalist, I'll plump for that.

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

Back down to earth – a pair of large carpenter bees was patrolling the flowers.

They're genus Xylocopa & normally it's hard to definitively separate X. valga, the splay-footed carpenter bee from X. violacea, the violet one.

But as only the latter have been reported in Mallorca on iNaturalist, I'll plump for that.

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

Back down to earth – a pair of large carpenter bees was patrolling the flowers.

They're genus Xylocopa & normally it's hard to definitively separate X. valga, the splay-footed carpenter bee from X. violacea, the violet one.

But as only the latter have been reported in Mallorca on iNaturalist, I'll plump for that.

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

Back down to earth – a pair of large carpenter bees was patrolling the flowers.

They're genus Xylocopa & normally it's hard to definitively separate X. valga, the splay-footed carpenter bee from X. violacea, the violet one.

But as only the latter have been reported in Mallorca on iNaturalist, I'll plump for that.

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

Sorry for the delay in continuing this update thread – lunch intervened.

This rather smaller dragonfly is very likely a common darter (Sympetrum striolatum; 🇩🇪 Großer Heidelibelle), seen all across Europe, from my old back garden in Wassenaar in NL to here in Campanet in Mallorca.

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