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Bumblebeeline

Even at 1/3200 of a second this incoming bumblebee’s wings are a blur. Short of using a high powered strobe I don’t think it is possible to freeze their motion completely. There were two kinds of bees hard at work on this patch of flowers. One was a slimmer and less hairy bee which methodically […]

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August 1, 2018
bees / bumblebees / critters / flowers / garden / highspeed / insects / macro / nature / pollen / pollination
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Lantana Lover

When I was a child there was a fence at my parents home covered in lantana. Memories of this lantana fence are so very vivid for one reason; butterflies. The lantana always seemed to be flowering and always seemed to attract butterflies, lots of butterflies. I can distinctly remember at least 5 different unique species […]

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May 5, 2018
butterflies / butterfly / childhood / flowers / insects / lantana / macro / memories
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Yellow Paper Wasp

We came across a few of these Yellow Paper Wasps, Polistes olivaceus, while in Tonga. A couple hung around our house, often cruising through the un-shuttered kitchen before heading out into the trees again. I do wonder how they came to be here. Did they hitch-hike on some vessel or were they blown by the […]

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September 23, 2016
critters / insects / macro / paperwasp / polistesolivaceu / sting / tonga / wasp / yellow
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Robert Rath

Among many other interests I'm a passionate underwater photographer and scuba diving instructor.

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