Insects are everywhere. Photograph a bug in your environment (no spiders- they're arachnids).
Stood out in the garden waiting for something to land on the coneflowers. They seem to get the most action in my garden. Got rather close to a bumblebee but it made a beeline for me so I moved on to bigger and better things. Standing still was nearly impossible as the mosquitos are out in full force. As soon as I moved they moved toward me. I think I got a few bites in a matter of seconds. But I digress. I happen to notice this poor butterfly- if you can zero in on it you'll notice that the wings are rather weather beaten. Even the color was muted so I wasn't sure if it was alive but could see the wings move ever so slowly. So I quickly took a picture and of course it's not quite in focus. Unfortunately, I had to bend over to swat a mosquito and when I looked back it was gone. Don't know if it fell to the ground or took off but I had enough of the mosquitoes and headed for the protection of my house.
Due to the mosquito onslaught this photo was shot with automatic setting today.
