One nice and one not so nice insect.

[DickyOZ]

Lestis Carpenter Bee. Often called the Blue-green Metallic Bee.
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(sphex pensylvanicus) Great Black Wasp - if this thing had stung me you would have heard about it in Cambridge It's about 35mm long.
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I know where it lives so I'll be back with a macro lens....

And of course there is always a little bird watching.
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[IzzieK]

You and your bird watching friends always gets the last say, er, shot. My favourite in this series is the last one of the bee shot.
That was brilliant! I think that is the third shot, I don't recall...unless I scroll. Do you mind number them when you have more than three? My mind is slipping sideways a little bit to the alzhie side...

[DickyOZ]

You and your bird watching friends always gets the last say, er, shot. My favourite in this series is the last one of the bee shot.
That was brilliant! I think that is the third shot, I don't recall...unless I scroll. Do you mind number them when you have more than three? My mind is slipping sideways a little bit to the alzhie side...

Oops - I keep forgetting - they are now numbered.

[NorthernFocus]

You folks have some wicked looking creatures down there. That wasp looks absolutely evil.

[Wavelength]

All fabulous; what else?

[Shadowman]

Nice series.

[bnnrcn]

I haven't seen a blue-green bee before, my fav is the second image

[FootLoose]

I didn't know that wasp is a wasp - and I certainly didn't know they sting. I see this things all the time, I thought they were just some kind of emaciated fly. I like the captures of the bee.