The clear focus this week is on our tiny friends. They're everywhere… especially the grasshoppers. Out in the fields they were leaping out of my path, a constant stream of the little leapers. I eventually found a spot to take some photographs. First, a grasshopper posing :whistle:
And now from the side…
At the edge of a building site they were congregating for their nuptials :right:
Meanwhile there were more ants. This time they were red ants, and they weren't flying, they were farming. 
I saw a burnet moth (I'm not sure whether it's a six-spotted, or another variant).
And on every other flower head, the red soldier beetles were busy making lots more red soldier beetles.
I'll close with a peacock butterfly, one of many varieties currently on the wing (though strangely there have been precious few painted ladies this year).
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 40D and EF 100mm f/2.8L macro IS USM lens.
I_ArtMan
21 Jul 2010jimminy cricket… i love insects… except flies.
gdare
21 Jul 2010Grasshoppers and butterfly :yes:
derspecht
21 Jul 2010Great shots! So sharp, you see the ants hair! :eyes: Did you use a tripod?
Vulpes vulpes
22 Jul 2010Super shots! I can see that the news lens is being put through its paces! 😀
SittingFox
22 Jul 2010Great photos! 🙂
Words
23 Jul 2010Scott, thanks! I've rarely seenm so many together. The conditions were perfect.
Words
23 Jul 2010Vulpes, thanks. The lens has more or less been been glued to the camera 😉
Words
23 Jul 2010Darko cheers :cheers:
Words
23 Jul 2010Erwin thanks!
Words
23 Jul 2010Swen, thanks! No tripod. These are hand held. The new L lens has excellent image stabilization designed for macro work.
Words
23 Jul 2010Adele, thanks!
Wulpen
19 Oct 2012Beautiful Pict