This pair, all legs and wings, was on a butterbur leaf near my garden pond last spring. Not easy to fit all that action into the frame!
View on darker background.
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A pair of pine ladybirds (Exochomus quadripustulatus) get a bit of action. I thought their heart-shaped splodges were kind of appropriate for today's love-fest.
Handheld, natural light.
Tags: ladybug ladybirds ladybird ladybeetle april spring nature lincolnshire insects garden fauna coleoptera beetles 2007 1on1allbugsphotooftheweek 1on1allbugsphotooftheweekFebruary2008 SuperbMasterpiece Exochomus Exochomus quadripustulatus
Flies taking advantage of one of the products of organic scrub clearance. I had to get down and rather dirty, too, to take this shot!
Snipe Dales, Lincs.
Handheld, natural light.
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Think these are more thick-headed flies - but not sure of ID. They're getting stuck into each other on some marjoram in the herb garden.
Handheld, natural light.
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Not a great quality photo, but I saw this pair in cop and had a go at snapping their airborne antics :-)
Bombylius major
Handheld, natural light, a big crop.
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