Ascension
Ladybugs (ladybirds for those of you from across the pond) are beautiful to look at and are a natural form of pest control. If there is a bug that makes people smile, it would be this little...
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Yellow On Yellow
The garden in front of my house attracts all kinds of pollen-gatherers. While my ongoing quest to capture a European Wool Carder on film is still not complete, there are other great...
Read MoreAt the Ready
During a weekend near Essex, I visited the home of some friends who had an amazing garden in their backyard. A good rule of thumb: where there are beautiful gardens, there are also usually...
Read MoreEmerald Interloper
When it comes to insects, I don't think that you can do worse than flies. They are associated with rotting carcasses and disease, and they tend to invoke a flurry of flailing arms when they fl...
Read MoreDon't Sweat It
A few years ago, on my way to pick up my daughter from school, I spotted a strange sight in the school's front garden: green bees. I thought that this was some secret government plot to take...
Read MoreLanding Pad
Macro shots are always fascinating as they really show things that we don't normally see due to their small size. I was North of Belleville and taking photos in a beautiful garden, trying to...
Read MoreConversation
I was doing some garden photos when I found this scene unfolding before me. It looked like the dragonfly was chatting with a much smaller conversation partner. I wonder what they were talking...
Read MoreTaste Test
I hadn't hiked the Beaver Pond Trail in Algonquin Park for quite some time, so I was interested to see what had changed. Along the way, various insects were busy at work, so I captured a few...
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