Not As Wrong A Lens

Before finishing up on the Sidewalk Trail, it’s back to ‘summer insects’ in Millcreek Twp (“Since 1800”), this time featuring 400mm f/4.5 close-ups at Asbury Woods. The purple thistle = Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense).

Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Cabbage White butterfly (Pieris rapae) 

The small, orange/brown butterflies in the following shots are probably in the family Hesperiidae (skippers), e.g., Peck’s Skipper (Polites peckius) or Hobomok Skipper (Lon hobomok):

Following is Pennsylvania Leatherwing (Chauliognathus pensylvanicus) a.k.a. Goldenrod Soldier Beetle (left) & Sphaerophoria scripta or some other species of hoverfly on right:

Little Wood Satyr (Megisto cymela)
Perhaps a species of flesh fly in family Sarcophagidae
Honey Bee and hoverfly
Perhaps a small carpenter bee in genus Ceratina
Bee on lupine
Probably Least Skipper butterfly (Ancyloxypha numitor)

2 thoughts on “Not As Wrong A Lens”

    1. admin1 Post author

      Not sure it’s every photographer’s dream to stand chest high in prickly thistles while bees fly around, in the hot sun, but thanks!

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