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