More Macro: 07/04/11

These were shot with the 20 mm extenstion tube and a Sigma 17 - 70mm lens and manual focus. It's really hard to get a sharp focus - between hand holding and the breeze, it's amazing anything is sharp.

New strawberry with the fading petals still visible.

This is another syrphid fly, a drone fly. The big, googly eyes are the "not a bee" giveaway. If you didn't look closely, though, at first you'd think it was a bee. I did.

Nemesis - and on Grandma's peonies! Did you know these rats are scarab beetles? They are pretty, but if they go after the sweet gum again, they may be doomed.

Spotted lady beetle - they like pollen in addition to garden pests, and the daylilies are full of pollen (I was kind of annoyed, thinking it was chewing holes in the lilies, but BugGuide.net said it's a good bug).

Here's the link to BugGuide, have fun: http://bugguide.net/node/view/15740

And yesterday's P365 shots, the cherries Chuck brought home for today's cookout with my family.

They were really good!