Macro Assortment

This assortment of macro shots includes flowers, flies, a beetle, a larva and a strange fellow all taken at Blashford Lakes nature reserve last weekend. Following the aforementioned order here are the flowers, two types of orchids.

A Heath Spotted-Orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata)

Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Zuiko Olympus 90mm Macro F2 lens at F11

and a Early Marsh-orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata).

Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Zuiko Olympus 90mm Macro F2 lens at F11

Now the flies, and first up a Robber Fly, in profile and then up close and personal.

Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Zuiko Olympus 90mm Macro F2 lens at F11

Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Zuiko Olympus 90mm Macro F2 lens at F11

I also couldn’t resist another damsel head shot

Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Zuiko Olympus 90mm Macro F2 lens at F11

The larva, a Ladybird larvae

Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Zuiko Olympus 90mm Macro F2 lens at F11

The beetle, a Leaf Beetle (Timarcha)

Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Zuiko Olympus 90mm Macro F2 lens at F11

and last of all this strange fellow. Ideas on type of insect then please add a comment to this post

Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Zuiko Olympus 90mm Macro F2 lens at 5.6.

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