#Macro photography

[margocooper]

Медовые цветы Золотарника (солидаго) Цитронелла в лучах теплого осеннего солнца. Октябрь 24. Honey flowers of Goldenrod (solidago) Citronella in the rays of the warm autumn sun. October 24.

[thedayaftereveryday]

@thedayaftereveryday

[miyrumiyru]

Cute orange bee on a marigold flower

(F) Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

[1five1two]

Macro photography of Slime Mold. Barry Webb.

[constantlyfalling]

water droplets on greenery

[myxomycota]

Physarum cinereum by Alison Pollack

[spiderdaynightlive]

"oh hey what the hell"

bathroom's closed; wasp photoshoot

"what"

*reviewing my settings and lowering ISO* bathroom's closed. wasp photoshoot.

[jenfoundabug]

I thought this feisty little critter was an isopod until I got a closer look. This is a carrion beetle larva, and, as their name suggests, adults and larvae of this insect eat dead animals, maggots that live in carrion, and/or other types of decaying organic matter. I have no idea where this one came from, since there were no dead animals nearby or compost. Perhaps an insectivorous bird dropped it, or maybe this particular species likes chicken manure (there was a chicken tractor nearby vroom vroom). Putting this next part below the cut because it's a little gross. Proceed with caution:

This carrion beetle child seemed somewhat hungry, as it was nibbling at some dead skin around my finger nail. It tickled a bit and reminded me of the shrimp they sometimes have at aquariums that will nibble at your fingers. Yes that's a thing.

unidentified Silphidae larva Northeastern Pennsylvania, US

[xaoca]

[margocooper]

Красочные листья лесной земляники среди выпавшего снега. Декабрь 24. Colorful wild strawberry leaves among the fallen snow. December 24.

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Close up of a male Violetcrowned Woodnymph hummingbird (Thalurania columbica) taken at the Tienda las Rosas near the El Dorado Lodge in the Santa Marta Mountains of Colombia.

PHOTOGRAPH BY ANAND VARMA

[fresh-frogs]

Lost in the sauce and whatnot

[miyrumiyru]

Cute thorax-peeled hawkmoth

Maile Pilau Hornworm (Macroglossum pyrrhosticta)

[vangoghcore]

by cyanesense

[rosechata]

bjmstudioflowers

[orofeaiel]

Bonnet & Moss