With spring bird migration at Presque Isle State Park in the “rearview mirror,” time to break out the specialized equipment for insect photography. Which is mostly the same as the bird equipment. Ahem. Anyway, following’s a rather special ‘photo report’ of recent misc. insects on a blooming Desert False Indigo (Amorpha fruticosa) shrub, by the beach to the east of Stull Interpretive Center.
Desert False Indigo varies in terms of sprawl, but is generally a waist- to chest-high shrub with numerous conical elongate purple and orange flowers:
[Photo Editor’s note: some of the insect photographs on the website use the exact same equipment as for birds, e.g., dragonflies @ 400mm. These shots are with a 105mm lens (not very useful for birds) in macro mode.]