Flickr Lounge: signs of the season (insect season!)
#Flickr21Challenge AND #bold

I was photographing an individual robber fly when this remarkable scene played out in front of me. I saw that the perched fly had one pair of legs raised defensively, but I didn't know if the fly in the air was attempting to court or attempting to grab the perched fly as prey. Not till I looked at my photos later did I see that the perched fly has a small insect--hardly worthy of theft, one would think, but the fly in flight might have been quite desperate!

Tags:   #bold robber fly fly fight robber flies flies #Flickr21Challenge

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Day 53/365
Flickr Lounge: Weekend Theme ~ Weather Report
#Flickr21Challenge AND #dots

A beautiful collection of frozen and frosted bubbles in the creek.

Tags:   #Flickr21Challenge #dots bubbles ice frost 365: the 2025 edition 365:2025 Day 53/365 22-Feb-25

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ODC: sparkle
The Flickr Lounge: repetition
#Flickr21Challenge AND #21

About two dozen freshly hatched insect nymphs mingle near their empty egg cases. On leaf of catalpa tree, southern Indiana. Likely brown marmorated stink bugs (Halyomorpha halys), a non-native that is considered a fairly recent import and a serious agricultural pest across the USA.

Tags:   brown marmorated stink bugs stink bugs stink bug nymphs nymphs and eggs insects The Flickr Lounge repetition #21 #Flickr21Challenge

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18/366
#Flickr21Challenge AND #donuts

I took this one "just in case" I didn't get anything better (I prefer nature photos if possible), and it's the only one I took that day that I like well enough to post . . .

Tags:   366: The 2020 Edition 366:2020 Day 18/366 18-Jan-2020 rainbow sprinkles donuts sprinkles #Flickr21Challenge #donut

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Apparently an insect that doesn't know how a camera works. Fortunately I had another camera with me. :-)

#Flickr21Challenge AND #camera

Tags:   #camera hackberry emperor emperor butterfly

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