An insect morning, fun

[Icarus]

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Unknown damselfly

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Native bee, check out the flower color reflection in the eye of the first image

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Marine Blue

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Small native Green Bee

 

[Andrew Lamberson]

I am a Damselfly and Dragonfly guy and your image of the Tule bluet is great!

 

[KurtT]

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Unknown damselfly

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Native bee, check out the flower color reflection in the eye of the first image


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Marine Blue

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Small native Green Bee

Love the Blue Damsel and Green bee. All great shots! On carpet flowers?

 

[Icarus]

I am a Damselfly and Dragonfly guy and your image of the Tule bluet is great!

Thanks for the ID! Problem for me is ID of insects because I know NOTHING about them so don't even know where to start.

 

[Icarus]

Love the Blue Damsel and Green bee. All great shots! On carpet flowers?

Thank you. Have no idea what the flowers are. I'm worse at IDing flower than I am IDing insects.

 

[Woody Meristem]

Absolutely great photos.

 

[aolander]

Great photos! Look like Blanketflowers.

 

[Wink Jones]

What a fun morning you had! Thank you for sharing the pictures with us.

 

[Andrew Lamberson]

What camera and lens were you using??

 

[Icarus]

Absolutely great photos.

Thank you.

 

[Icarus]

Thank you. Nice to know flower ID. These flowers are just full of pollen and the bugs love them!

 

[Icarus]

What a fun morning you had! Thank you for sharing the pictures with us.

Thank you!

 

[Icarus]

What camera and lens were you using??

Used A1 with 70-200 f2.8 with 2x converter, shutter around 400, f8, ISO whatever was needed. I have a nice 90mm Sony Macro lens, but this particular place has a lot of birds and I can switch really fast to APSC if I spot an interesting bird, so I keep my options open. Use a monopod with a shooters yoke to keep things steady. P.S. Some were shot at f11.