click on image and open the full window to see the details,

it is really an alien !!!!

I just saw again my favorite butterfly, first in flight and later I could take some shots closer

if it is not allowed to post more here.......then one of the moderators can delete some, I am not sure about the limit. I took this couple not that close....I must go in to the water to get them closer..so my boots where full of water....but I have my shot !!!

all taken with my:

Camera CANON EOS 30D:

with SIGMA 105 mm 1:2'8 DG MACRO lens

forgot this fly, not sure which one it is the horse fly

not sure if it is the striped horsefly

or this one daas  the dutch name for it

I don't think there is a specified limit. Wonderful photos one and all, thanks for sharing them here. :)

Superb series.. No this is Tabanus Bromius a Robust Horse-fly latin names are better as they are universal and saves confusion form our common names

Thanks Danny....and glad to hear from you that you liked the horsefly series...I was not sure....but if you say they are good then it must be GOOD !!! And thanks for the name....I am not a fan of this fly haha, but he looks gorgeous....BTW I asked you how many shots you can share here...and you said so far you know there is no limit!!!! So don't blame me .......lol.....kidding..would be nice to see more insect shots here from other members

Which gender is the blue damsel fly. And what is the green?

mmmmmmmmm I am  not sure..I must ask Danob.....or search in my book..I will do later I am tired now it is late here in Holand now !!! I long for the smell of my pillow...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

ALL of those a lovely, Ilona, and tastefully (for bugs) presented. Dry your feet and get some rest, it looks like you had a full day.

seeya  Tunde

Ilona, I love your photography its awesome. #3 is really neat.

Awesome shots Ilona. They are so sharp. I can't believe you got a butterfly in flight too. They are so fast!  As for the damsel flies, the blue one is the male.

Keep on bug hunting!

Sweet, sweet shots....congrats!!!

Thanks for the  nice words.......want to see some more insects here.....

babuci: what a big one, never seen one in real....cool

Firesnuffer: O yes if I go for insects then I am really in trance.....I don't care if my trouwser is full with mudd....hahha

FuzzyShadows: yes I was happy and had good luck to catch it in flight, because I used my macrolens no zoom lens......the swallowtail is my favorite butterfly, it reminds me on my brother that pAste away 6 years ago

Radlafx: the blue one is the male.....then must the green one the female...haha

Radlafx: yep I like that one too...imagine how I took the crickets....one hand the leaf with the cricket on it.........and the other hand my camera.......shaking shaking....lol

MORE INSECTS PLEASE

Congratulations Ilona for these extra-ordinary sharp macros... all these pictures are for sure worth to upload  in your gallery !

I fully understand that you almost went into the water to capture the damsels...

(I'm not on my PC right now... visiting Lledeline & Lafayette in Orleans... we really have fun and endless discussions together... but I can't post an insect for you right now... will do it later, I promise !)

:~)

Very nice series. Thanks very much for the photos to share.       Tom.

Tunde, is that thing for real? Wow.

TwoPynts: eeeeeeeeeewk they look nasty.....on your shirt? brrrrrrrrrrr..tell me what it is please

No idea really, though the red one looks like some sort of assasin bug. Maybe Danny can help out.

Dunno...but pretty neat! Maybe a Jimmy Durante fly? ;^P

Tunde, your picture is freaking me out! That's scary.

Radlafx, awesome shot. I'll take a guess and say it's a type of hover fly, sometimes called a flower fly.

Kort, your second one is fantastic. I can't even take a guess at it though. I'm gonna have to do some research. The first one appears to be a robber fly?

Excellent and fun shots everyone!

A hover fly? When I first saw it I thought it as a mosquito because it was biting my friends finger.

Cool shot of this neat bug, and a great story fuzzy!

Ok, after looking through 3 gabillion bug pictures, I'd have to agree with you kort... assasin bug. It looks a heck of a lot like the milkweed assasin.

Assassin bug? Somebody paid it to do a job on you? :-)

Hard to say with bugs until you get other angles Korts top one is probably a robber fly of some sort

Radlafx: he sting you?? looks like.....

FuzzyShadows: wow, what an intresting story......I don't know what it is

@ Ilona. The fly didn't sting me, it stung someone else. That aint my finger.

Some more fantastic shots Ilona. The second one has some very interesting mushrooms in it too.

First my friend did not understand why I was pointing my camera at her pants ... lol !

(Sorry, I first uploaded this in the wrong thread...)

GiMi53: wow....cool....and so nice thet you remember this thread........I think it is a grasshopper......such a wonderful insect....it hops this time the wrong way......hahahaha you made me laugh !!!! Thanks for posting.....