Greetings and salutations, come and see some South African insects.
This is a small Geranium Bronze (Cacyreus marshalli) on a tired Daisy flower.
Winter is upon us and soon most of the flowers and the butterflies will be gone. I love all four of our seasons and I understand the recycling of nature. During Winter the trees have to sleep, as it is necessary for their re-generation in Spring on order to face the Summer heat. So the trees get undressed in Autumn and after their sleep of Winter, they put new dresses on in Spring. The flowers and many insects follow the same pattern.
Here below is an even smaller Geranium Bronze.
There was another one on this pink geranium flower.
And a closer look at it.
Just a late Autumn leaf to show you some color.
Now, what could this tiny being possibly be?
Ah! Looks like some type of Robber Fly.
Oh yes! It is indeed a Robber Fly that I took on the macro.
I think that it is of the Asilidae family.
Finally, just some orange bells to show you their beauty.
I know that @ewkaw will know what type of succulent it is.
Not many insects around any more, as Winter is slowly starting, but I just thought to bring you these that I found.
I have also found a lonely dragonfly, but I haven't fully downloaded the camera yet as it is getting late here. Nature holds many treasures and I love to search them out.
It takes one's mind off the worries of life.
And That's All Friends.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge camera.
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It's Cotyledon :) The colour of the flowers is very pretty!
I envy you the approaching winter. Here is getting hot and I am not looking forward to it.
And that butterfly looks like the one that killed my pelargoniums by laying eggs on them. Nasty little beast!
Ah! Thank you milady and glad that you liked the colors.
Yes, we also love the cool weather and it is a couple of months out of the blazing African sun.
I read up on it and it is indeed seen as a great pest in Europe. Some Klutz took them from here and introduced them into Europe and the UK , as they were in garden plants. and from there they spread out all over.
Not seen as pests here though.
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Of course, I prefer any butterfly to a robberfly, but such close-up images of this bad little robberfly boy look great in my eyes 😀
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All insects have their own characters and beauty my friend, even if we don't like some of them 😉
Thank you for appreciating the post 😁
Cheers and tanks.
That's very true and even if I don't want to touch many of them, i love to look at them or take macro photos 😀
You're most welcome, my friend 😊
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Oh yes, some of them can get nasty when they are touched, usually with painful results 😥
You are indeed a good friend to have, but I think that I have told you this before 😊
Cheers and thanks.
This reminds me that I wanted to take more photos of our spider Lukas 😁
Yep, you have and I am happy to have you as my friend 😊
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Lukas must surely be a bit bigger now and you are right, it's time for photos 😉
Likewise my friend 😊
Cheers and thanks.
He's not fully grown up yet, but maybe I'll ask him tomorrow for a little photoshooting 😁
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