The sun was just beginning to set when I photographed this granddaddy longlegs spider sitting in our apple tree. It made him look so colorful and brilliant. He was hard to see because he blended in so well with the leaves and bark of the tree.
Insects
I found this beetle exploring a blackberry flower when I was out taking photos. From this angle it looks like he’s smelling the blossom.
Its hard to get flies to wait long enough for you to make their portrait, but luckily I had just enough time to snap a photo of this one sitting on a sunflower leaf before it flew away.
If you scroll down a few post, you will see my photo of a honey bee eating from a clover. This post features a similar photo of a bumble bee stopping to eat a portion of his breakfast at this clover. The morning dew, which was still on the grass when I shot this photo, added color and beauty to my bee portrait.
If you’re going barefoot in our backyard, watch where you step! Bees and wasp of all shapes and sizes flock to feed on the multitude of clover growing among the grass. That’s what this honey bee was doing when I captured him the other day.
If you scroll down a few post, you will see my picture of a tiger stripped centipede. This photo features one that looks similar to a leopard. We found him crawling around on rocks in the middle of a hiking trial in the middle of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
I’ve never seen a centipede with color markings like this! Its color patterns look very similar to that on a tiger. I captured this photo near a waterfall during our trip to the Blue Ridge Parkway this May.
I found this snail creeping along the ground during our hike yesterday. This is one of the first snails I’ve seen this year.
I found this tiny green bug crawling sitting some of our tree leaves. I snapped several pictures of him before he flew away.
I captured this bumble bee flying away from the flowers to the right. This is one of my best action shots.
Bees are hard to photograph because the move from flower to flower so quickly. I managed to capture this large bumble bee as he was eating from one of the our blueberry bush’s spring flowers.
I found this wasp sitting on one of our fig trees leaves. I was able to capture for the first time a good picture of a wasp.
I captured this beautiful yellow butterfly fluttering around the blooming flower and cherry tree in our back yard.
It’s always hard to photograph flies because they’re just to quick! This one sat just long enough for a photograph.
I photographed this bug climbing up a stump in our back yard.
