Ladybird Beetle

1/60, f6.3, 800ISO, autoWB, 90mm Tamron macro.

I found a bunch of aphids on my kale and I hope this ladybird beetle was consuming some of them.

Vined Booth

1/200s, f9, 400ISO, autoWB, 18mm.

We stopped in Carleton Place on the way to Ottawa and Merrickville on the way from. This quaint phone booth was located on Merrickville’s main drag.

Striped Muncher

1/125s, f8, 400ISO, autoWB, 90mm Tamron macro.

This Papilio caterpillar has been eating my dill and getting larger…

Market Musicians

1/80s, f5, 400ISO, autoWB, 8.1mm. P7100, cropped, levels adjusted

Our band, the Dutch Babies, played music at the Codrington Farmers’ Market today.

Wasp on Nest

1/200s, f10, 200ISO, autoWB, 90mm Tamron macro.

A wasp guards its small nest.

Colourful Hopper

jul14, 18:23; 1/320s, f10, 800ISO, autoWB, 90mm Tamron macro. cropped

There were many insects in my mother’s garden: a red lily beetle, boring Agrilus beetles, and a colourful leafhopper (Homoptera: Cicadellidae).

Flower Beetle

1/200s, f10, 800ISO, autoWB, 90mm Tamron macro.

This striped long-horned beetle (
Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Analeptura lineola) was scrambling through meadowrue flowers.