The heart of an artichoke blossom, Los Angeles
#gardens #bloomscrolling #macrophotography
a peacock, Los Angeles
#wildlifephotography #wildlife #urbanwildlife #nature #animal
a boatman fly, Los Angeles
I wonder how that pentagon-shaped flatness or indentation on the eye evolved. Or was it an accident?
#FlyDay #MacroMonday #nature #naturephtography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #outdoorphotography #ECK #EastCoastKin
a California poppy, "purple gleam" variety
#gardens #bloomscrolling #nature
a closeup of an electric-purple flower, with the petals light yellow at the base and dark-brown stamens
a palm flower moth, Los Angeles
#MacroMonday #nature #moths #entomology
Petrophila jaliscalis
I didn't find a common name
#photography #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #urbanwildlife #nature #entomology #MacroMonday #Lepidoptera
A huntsman spider got into my light trap, Los Angeles
This spider, who may have arrived in a shipping box, merely joined an established invasion.
# 1: Climbing out
# 2: The last thing a bug might see
#MacroMonday #arachnid #spiders #photography #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife
a gazania?
#macro #macrophotography #gardens #bloomscrolling
a fiery skipper and a honeybee forage together in sea lavender, Los Angeles
#MacroMonday #entomology #butterflies #nature #photography #macrophotography #ECK
over her shoulder, from far away, Los Angeles
A paper wasp pauses on an avocado leaf.
She was 8' away, almost out of reach. I liked the golden light through her wing.
#MacroMonday #nature #wasps #macrophotography
