A crowded tangle of twigs,
a scout with a bright idea;
conspiring alone at the jumping-off point
of an ambitious treasure hunt.
 

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Ant | Hymenoptera | Apocrita | Vespoidea | Formicidae

Fly this fast and the world never looks the same,
the tipsy universe whips by in a wing’s beat.
 

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Honey bee | Apis mellifera

A spontaneous leap into a new space age,
escaping an exhausted flower, ignoring old sign-posts.
 

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Honey bee | Apis mellifera

A toy-box explorer with a troubled back-story
attempts to map the overcrowded microwilderness,
finding larger patterns in the small spaces between buds.
 

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Ant | Hymenoptera | Apocrita | Vespoidea | Formicidae

A sharp honey bee on her way to the wild side of the garden,
too chic for her own good.
 

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Honey bee | Apis mellifera

Over lichen-covered bark,
an ant runs late for her next appointment,
leaving a blurred memory of a bewildered oak.
 

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Ant | Hymenoptera | Apocrita | Vespoidea | Formicidae

Returning home with ill-gotten gains,
slicing through the garden,
skyscraper stems bend and sway,
a scale model speeds through space.
 

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Honey bee | Apis mellifera

More than a rumor of a summer storm,
a psychological stargazer spins telepathic fires
as the summer burns out the night.
 

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Katydid | Tettigoniidae

The red-eye to the dark side beckons,
a hotshot young assassin stalks a world gone feral,
no pillow talk from this demon.
 

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Assassin bug | Zelus luridus

Idle thoughts of a solitary fly,
the smallest itinerant performer,
sitting between the light and Emily,
awaiting the promised remote-controlled catastrophe.

Myrmecos blog had some nice things to say about my natural light style of photography.

Every Friday he blogs about beetles, today’s is on the fiery searcher, Calosoma scrutator.