One of the local hymenoptera
Nice areoles!!!
cactuscrown
The inset image is the original macro mode of the camera, the large is with my cobbled together macro lens
Same Here. Amazing what you can do with scotch tape and old binocular parts ;-)
crown of thorns
These little ghost ants have colonized an old Orchard Mason bee block (the hole in the wood is 5/16" dia.!)
They are cute
ladybeetle
Rather out of focus Salvia miniata
Beautiful close up of a clerodendrum flower
queenswreath a wonderful tropical vine
Tropical Milkweed
osmanthus fragrans
wasp & milkweed
wasp & milkweed
wasp & milkweed
Ribbet, ribbet
Syrphid fly maggot among aphids
an effective aphid predator
