Bumblebee, ant and their friends

Well, the temperature is rising and there is more and more insects on the loose. Below are some of the first bug pictures I took this year.

Bumblebee in colors


Testing the flower


Hiding in the darkness, waiting for prey...


Strange little something


I'm shining, do you see?


Still waiting for some comments, you know...

Leaves and a bee

Today for the first time in this year the weather was quite good, so I took my camera and macro converter and took some pictures. The insects were still hiding, but there were some interesting looking leaves:







Fungus on a bark of an old pear tree:



I also catched a sleeping bee:

Flowers, flowers

Spring is near so today some flowers to prepare you for things to come. ;)

















Hope you enjoy it. All those photos I took last year.

Starling and a frog

Last year I took some photos of a young starling who could barely fly that I want to share with you:







Quite a cute little bird it was. I also found a frog in the grass but I took only one picture before it jumped away. Fortunately I had my Raynox DCR-250 macro converter on, so it's a close-up on the eyes: