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Bumblebee on Coneflower
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Juvenile Widow skimmer dragonfly
13 07 2020© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved. Nikon D850 / Nikkor 105mm micro
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Cricket on mums
2 10 2019iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode, Snapseed app border
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Tags: botanical photography, bug, Camera+ 2 app, Chrysanthemum, cricket, fall, flower, garden, gardening, insect, iPhone 8Plus, iphone photography, iPhoneography, macro photography, mum
Categories : botanical photography, Camera+ 2 app, Flowers, garden photography, gardening, Insects, iPhone 8Plus, iPhone photography, iPhoneography, macro photography, nature photography, Photography, Snapseed2
Skipper butterfly on Aster bloom
17 09 2019Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro
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Eastern tiger swallowtail on Vervain
10 09 2019Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro lens, 1/250 sec, f/13, ISO 400
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It’s the bee’s knees!
9 09 2019Bumblebee on Peruvian lily (Alstroemeria) iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode
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Honeybees on white asters
9 09 2019Honeybees on white asters (iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode)
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Tryst on Celosia
9 09 2019I believe this is a pair of Margined Leatherwings (a type of soldier beetle) engaged in a tryst on a spire type Celosia. (iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode)
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Bumblebees on Mexican sunflower
9 09 2019Table for two! Tiny bumblebees feasting on a Blanket flower (Gaillardia)
Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro lens, 1/250 sec, ISO 400, f/14
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Featured in Shutterbug online!
10 07 2019Last summer I was contacted by an editor I work with through Nikon and also Shutterbug magazine. He wanted to run a photo and behind-the-shot story of one of my images in the July 2018 issue of the magazine. Then one month before its debut, the print version of the magazine folded (in other words, Shutterbug was shuttered!). This would have been the second time my work would have appeared in the print publication (the first time was when my fern stamps were featured). Last week I got an email asking if they could run it online and I said of course! So here’s the image and the behind-the-shot story. Special thanks to my friend Sherry Goldstein (the woman who pointed this beautiful critter out to me). Click on the link below to go to the post!
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Tags: botanical photography, butterfly, flower photography, garden photography, Green Spring Gardens, insect, macro photography, Nikon 105mm micro lens, red-banded hairstreak butterfly, Shutterbug Magazine
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Iris versicolor
5 07 2019Iris versicolor (Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro)
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iPhoneography: Fly on PowWow Wild Berry Coneflower
11 09 2018iPhone 8Plus, Camera+2 app in macro mode
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Categories : botanical photography, Camera+ 2 app, Color, Flowers, garden photography, gardening, Insects, iPhone 8Plus, iPhone photography, iPhoneography, macro photography, nature, nature photography, Photography, Snapseed2
iPhoneography: Flower fly on Rudbeckia
15 08 2018Flower fly (also known as Hover fly) on Rudbeckia bloom, against a backdrop of caladium leaves (iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode)
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iPhoneography: Cucumber beetle on Gerbera daisy
9 06 2018iPhone 7Plus, Camera+ app in macro mode, Snapseed app border
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Skipper butterfly on chive bloom
26 05 2018Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro
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Crab spider on Columbine bloom
16 05 2018Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro, 1/100, f/18, ISO 500
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Crab spider on Columbine bloom
15 05 2018Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro, 1/100, f/18, ISO 500
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
6 08 2017Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
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Honey bee on Jerusalem artichoke bloom
6 08 2017© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved.
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Honeybee on ‘Sombrero Adobe Orange’ coneflower
12 07 2017© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved.
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Skipper on ‘Sombrero Adobe Orange’ coneflower
12 07 2017© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved.
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Skipper on Purple coneflower
12 07 2017Skipper on Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
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Hoverfly on a Shasta daisy
12 07 2017© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved.
Hoverfly (also known as a flower fly or syrphid fly) on a Shasta daisy
Here’s a random fact I just came across: there is a flower fly found only in the cloud forests of Costa Rica that is named for Bill Gates (Bill Gates’ flower fly). Another one is named after Gates’ associate Paul Allen (Paul Allen’s flower fly). The flies were named such in recognition of their “great contributions to the science of Dipterology” (From the order Diptera, which includes insects that use just two wings to fly)
So now you know, too. You’re welcome. 😁
But wait! There’s more! Curiosity took me to a site that answered my burning question—how long do hoverflies live? A lot shorter life than I imagined! Here’s the answer:
Their live span is similar to other flies. They can live anywhere between 15 to 30 days and it all depends on the climate and temperature they are in.
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Tiger on a tiger: Eastern Tiger swallowtail on Tiger lily
12 07 2017© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved.
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Buffet line: Skippers on Purple coneflower
12 07 2017© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved.
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Skipper butterfly
12 07 2017© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved.
Skipper butterfly on Verbena bonariensis (also called Vervain)
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Eastern Amberwing dragonfly
26 06 2017Going through my dragonfly photo archives and came across this “high key” photo of an Eastern Amberwing dragonfly (Perithemis tenera) perched on a waterlily bud. Amberwings are one of the smaller dragonflies. The depth of field is shallow on its wings, but I like this shot because the body and head is still sharp. The high key/bright sunlight works in this photo, too. Normally I try to shoot on overcast days or use a diffuser—but you can’t really use a diffuser on moving subjects! This was shot at Green Spring Gardens a couple of years ago.
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Female Blue Dasher dragonfly
26 06 2017 Female Blue Dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis) on Sacred Lotus leaf
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Blue Dasher dragonfly
26 06 2017Blue Dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis) on water lily bud
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Hoverfly on ‘Sweet Kate’ spiderwort
16 05 2017Flowerfly (hoverfly) on ‘Sweet Kate’ spiderwort (I enlarged the little guy so you can see it closeup)
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