It’s a few weeks ago since this Hairy Flower Wasp dropped by, briefly, while I was out and about with the Nikon D3000. It’s a year since my first sight of one of these loners.

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I love the golden glint of their wings and their kidney-shaped eyes.

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Thanks for looking.

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Bees & Bugs

Golden-winged Hairy Flower Wasp

Here is another new-to-me visitor to my garden – a Dingy Swallowtail Butterfly. At first, I thought it was a grapevine moth but only when it finally settled did I realize my error. This lone butterfly is a large one, so I was somewhat surprised to discover it is also called a Small Citrus Butterfly. It constantly fluttered its wings and zoomed about. But, I eventually got a few images on the Nikon D3000.

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