Bleeding hearts

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Parrot tulip blooming in my garden

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Grape hyacinth (Muscari) blooming in my garden

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Hibiscus

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Orange Jessamine (Orange Jasmine)

Orange Jessamine (Murraya paniculata)

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Daylily

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Rudbeckia

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Tiny Daylily

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Crocosmia

Crocosmias are part of the Iris family. Originally from South Africa, the name comes from the Greek words for “saffron” and “smell.”

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Bumblebee on Coneflower

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Daylilies

For this shot, I diffused the light shining directly on the daylilies, but allowed the bright dappled sunlight to filter through in the background.

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Daylilies

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Juvenile Widow skimmer dragonfly

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Hydrangea blues

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Stargazer lilies

My huge cluster of stargazer lilies put on quite a show a few weeks ago! 18 blooms across four plants, and so fragrant that I could smell them from the front porch! 

Shot with my iPhone 8Plus

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Cricket on mums

iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode, Snapseed app border

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Indian corn closeup

iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode, Snapseed app border

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Mums

iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode, Snapseed app border

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Indian corn

iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode, Snapseed app border

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Vinca

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro

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Skipper butterfly on Aster bloom

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro

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Alstroemeria (Peruvian lilies)

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro

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Thunbergia (Black-eyed Susan vine)

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro

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Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus)

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro

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Eastern tiger swallowtail on Vervain

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro lens, 1/250 sec, f/13, ISO 400

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Stack ‘o butterflies

I think the top and bottom ones might be Clouded Sulphurs, middle one is a Variegated Fritillary; feasting on Purple coneflowers (with purple Lantana in the background)

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro lens, 1/250 sec, f/14, ISO 400

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It’s the bee’s knees!

Bumblebee on Peruvian lily (Alstroemeria) iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode

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Honeybees on white asters

Honeybees on white asters (iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode)

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Tryst on Celosia

I 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

Table 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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