Donna is our host this week, with the intriguing quest for what’s bugging us… And well, mostly I don’t think anything is bugging me…but since Donna asks for it…here’s my gallery of lovely bugs!
Tiny things are often in my lens – I do love macro, but close-ups are ok too. And bugs are definitely an interesting topic.
A big friend…a bit too big for me to feel comfortable! More than once I have had one of these jumping into my face.
This golden guy though, a flower chafer, can also scare me with his sudden thumping into me or my world. He is rather heavy and clumsy – but also a great beauty. In Swedish he is called ”Golden Beetle”, and belongs to the scarab beetles. Which leads me to a visit in the Moroccan desert some years ago.
I cannot say how impressed I was by this little creature covering so much ground so fast in this endless ocean of sand. The first shot is in early morning light and the second is late evening.
Last summer I made some new acquaintances in my own garden – this one I had never seen before and I still don’t know who he is…
Aromia, a handsome longhorn beetle, sitting on a yesterday’s glass left outdoors.
A gallery of last year’s summerfriends – makes me long for the insects to return. The cold and windy spring has taken its toll. But we are ready for take-off!
A special thank you to Anne for last week’s challenge Buildings and Other Structures. It is always fascinating to see how different buildings/structures are constructed and can be both functional and art.
Next week, our guest host is Brian of Bushboys World. The view of Australia through his lens is always fascinating. Be sure to visit his site and join all of us as he challenges us to look for: Fragments.
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Leya 
Beautiful pictures of bugs Ann-Christine, your pictures are so sharp and have such lovely colors!
What a lovely set of summer visitors you had! And the others are also lovely: like that longhorn beetle which found a night’s rest on your wine glass. But most of all, that soft early morning light in the desert is what I loved.
Thank you, yes, I enjoyed them very much. And the desert morning – unforgettable.
These are all wonderful Ann-Christine – with many I’d not seen before. The clarity of your captures, along with the beautiful backgrounds you captured them in, makes them very special indeed.
Thank you, Tina. Love bugs😉
I’d swear you must be an entomologist, Ann-Christine. What a great collection.
Well, ofcourse I am…😂 Thank you!
Wonderful bug collection!!
Thank you, Nora!
Am not really a ‘bug person’ but love your photos . . . and was ‘obsessed’ with ladybugs as a small girl! Do you speak any German ‘cause this was my favourite ditty ;
‘Maikaferchen fliege,
Dein Vater ist im Kriege,
Dein Mutter ist in Pommernland,
Pommerland hat abgebrannt’ !!!
You see I still remember singing this to every one which landed on me . . . Lord knows where Pommerland was supposed to be!
Oh I don’t speak but understand some!
All splendid as usual but the spiderweb is my favorite. 🙂
Thank you, I love that one!
All are so beautifully captured, as always, AC! The web, wow…! Love all of these bugs through your photos. 🙂
You are very kind, Amy!
Love the damselfly!
🙂Sweet they are. Fragile beauties
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It’s my least favourite subject but, as usual, you make a darn good job of it.
Haha, did I make you like them…?
Only the pretty ones 🤣💖
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An interesting set of images, though I wouldn’t want that red one in my garden (it looks like a lily beetle!).
Haha, yes…unfortunately they eat my lilies too…
And horrors, I found two on my martagon lilies yesterday! I’ve never seen any in my garden before 😱
😱How do you get rid of them?
I managed to get hold of these and squash them, tough little things though!
Uh, that’s my way too…
Fabulous!
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A lovely set of images, from which my favourites … visit your own garden.
Thank you, Margaret! I hope you have loads of those by now!
Fab collection.
Love the guy busy in the desert.
😁 me too!
Wonderful collection of bugs Ann-Christine. The butterfly in mid air is great, but if I saw a large beetle like that on my glass, there would be a loud scream and a broken glass!
Ha, well that scream came squeeking out from me as well…but he was a beauty!
Your lens makes even those bugs I might have thought ugly look beautiful 😍
Haha – lucky them now! Thank you!
GREAT photos! LOVE that grasshopper. Well done.
Thanks, John!
For me, your gallery is by far more than bugs. Your composition with the crawly/flying things in life took this challenge to the next level. Did you climb a tree to capture the great shot of the spider web?
The red bug on the green host is such a great contrast. The detail in the grasshopper shows it is busy and can’t be bothered with the likes of you. The caterpillar, cute. The dragonfly/damselfly that somehow symbolizes life and death. I love the photo of the yellow, snowflake looking flower. And my favorites from the desert. What a great memory for you to recall in a trip to Morocco. I always learn from you, from your eyes. Thank you
You are always positive and kind, Donna! Of course I love bugs.. that is why I often photograph them too. So happy you enjoyed my gallery! Thank you!
You have captured some interesting bugs! The late evening shot of the bug in the sand is my favorite!
Glad you like them! I like that scarab too!
what a big variance, Ann-Christine. Regarding the one, you didn’t know: I tried to figure out, what it is. Have a look here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipula_paludosa Maybe it’s the right one.
Might be! Thank you for taking the trouble!
No problem, you’re welcome 😊
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Great shots, dear Ann-Christine 👍
All the best
The Fab Four of Cley
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Thank you, and to you as well ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Gorgeous! The picture with the sand landscape is very interesting!
Thank you, PR!