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Apis Workers’ Party
This group of honey bees were busy gathering the small amount of honey that remained in some old honeycomb. This is a “composite” image. To create this image I focused my camera on an area where the...
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Red-spotted Purple Admiral Butterfly
I found this butterfly resting on the ground. I searched the Internet to identify it and found it to be a “Red-spotted Purple Admiral.” This was a pleasant find while biking on the Ahnapee State Trail...
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Lunch Time
The dragonfly may seem like a dainty flying insect, but don’t let that fool you. Dragonflies are fierce predators. As you can see, this dragonfly is munching on a yellow bug he captured for lunch. I...
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Avid Gardener
I found this monarch butterfly carefully tending the coneflowers in a Missouri flowerbed. I seem to be seeing more monarchs this year. I recently learned the monarch is also called by a variety of...
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Tropical Mix
One of the exotic butterflies at the Butterfly Palace in Branson, MO was kind enough to strike a pose on one of the tropical plants. l’m not sure what kind of butterfly this is other than it’s...
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Strange Life Form
Butterflies are such beautiful creatures with the colors and patterns of their wings. However, up close, they have the face only an alien mother could love. This photo is a stark reminder – though...
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Monarch Feasting
I find butterflies to be one of the most fascinating creatures in nature. And, when it comes to butterflies, I believe the monarch butterfly is one of the most beautiful. I snapped this butterfly...
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Another Day at Work
I found these purple coneflowers (Echinacea purpurea) blooming in the meadow of an area park last summer. The bees were busy; hard at work…doing what bees do. You can get a closer view by clicking on...
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The Damsel Be Dazzled
The light danced on the wings of the damselfly while it rested on a leaf. I saw a few of these damselflies flitting around an area along a trail we often hike. Every time they landed they were facing...
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Royal Throne
This monarch butterfly took a moment to rest and feed on the flowers provided by West of the Lake Gardens in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. These favorite photo subjects will be departing for central Mexico...
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