Category: Insects

bug on daisy
A Bug on a Daisy
Galt, California 2009

another butterfly
Another Butterfly
Academy of Sciences, San Francisco 2009

dew covered ladybird
A Dew Covered Ladybird
Galt, California 2009

Bugs, especially ladybirds, and flowers are some of my more favorite subjects.

You will see a lot of them on this blog as time goes along! :-)

Butterfly
Butterfly (Doris longwing)
Academy of Sciences, San Francisco 2009

At the Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, there is a feature called the Rain Forest. It’s not big, but it was interesting enough. There were butterflies and birds in the place and I had a good time trying to photograph the butterflies.

This is just one of the few varieties of butterflies found in the rain forest at the academy.

dew on a daisy
Dew on a Daisy
Galt, California 2009

A ladybug is not normally seen on a daisy, those found in my front yard, that is.

I picked up the ladybug and placed it on the daisy just so I could take a picture of it on the dewy filled daisy! :-)

Bee
A Bee
Galt, California 2009

A Fly on a Flower
A Fly on a Flower
Galt, California 2009

Butterfly on Flower
A Little Butterfly
Galt, California 2009

There were bees, flies, and butterflies buzzing and flitting among the flowers in my front yard today. Naturally, I just had to take snapshots of them buzzing and flitting from flower to flower.

ladybird14a
Lady Bug VIII
Galt, California 2009

ladybird16a
LadyBug IX
Galt, California 2009

ladybird13a
LadyBug X
Galt, California 2009

ladybird9b
LadyBug XI
Galt, California 2009

ladybird11c
LadyBug XII
Galt, California 2009

I don’t know what it is about ladybugs – I just can’t seem to stop photographing them!

Their wings are so glossy, and I simply love the droplets of dew on their wings every time I managed to take snapshots of them with the dew still on them.

It’s a pity that there are not more varieties of the ladybugs found in my yard! I would especially love to see the blue ones! And the yellow and black ones! :-)