Insects

Insects

Fine-art macro photos of butterflies, dragonflies, bees, beetles, and grasshoppers — delicate color and motion in nature’s smallest worlds.

Butterflies, Dragonflies, Other Insects

by wilcephotos

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These fragile creatures live in motion and color. Their quicksilver energy, shimmering iridescent wings and—sometimes— the delicate stillness of butterflies and dragonflies resting on petals or leaves all draw me. Each encounter is a miracle of light, balance, and patience.


Using a macro lens reveals patterns and hues invisible to the casual eye. Here you’ll see bees working flowers, damselflies glinting in sun, and butterflies poised in flight.

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Flowers 

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Do you have a respect or even a love for insects?

Conservation


Scientific classification
Links to Wikipedia article

Bees (as well as wasps, ants, and flies)

are members of the order Hymenoptera

Dragonflies and their cousins, damselflies

are members of the order Odonata.

Butterflies and moths

are members of the order Lepidoptera.