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Genus Calliptamus grasshopper 🦗 not sure if that's a high-five or a launch positionWatched it land and just stood still ...
09/09/2026

Genus Calliptamus grasshopper 🦗 not sure if that's a high-five or a launch position

Watched it land and just stood still for a second, trying to figure out what was going on with that back leg. The ground was definitely hot enough to explain either theory 😄

Stay still, and those colors disappear completely against the gravel here. This one only gave itself away by actually landing while I was watching. It's not flashy at first glance, but the subtle shifts in tone and pattern across that body are genuinely fascinating up close 🔍

Several species in this genus flash bright red or pink hindwings the moment they take off, only to vanish again into that same grey-brown camouflage the second they land. The hind legs are built for that explosive launch: oversized femora packed with muscle, storing energy like a spring before release. Whatever that leg was actually doing in the shot, it's part of the same jumping mechanism that just got this one off some very hot ground.

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🦗 Subject: Genus Calliptamus grasshopper
📸 Camera: OM-1
⚪️ Lens: M.Zuiko 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO
🔍 Teleconverter: M.Zuiko Digital 2x MC-20
✋🏻 Shot: Handheld
🔢 ISO: 200
🌫 Aperture: f/13
⏱ Speed: 1/320
📍 Location: Slavonski Brod, Croatia

A beautiful color combination 🩵 White-tailed Skimmer dragonflyI took a few photos, it flew off, and landed again in more...
31/08/2026

A beautiful color combination 🩵 White-tailed Skimmer dragonfly

I took a few photos, it flew off, and landed again in more or less the same spot — or at least I think it was the same one 🍃

I'm very fascinated by dragonflies, and this one is amazing. The pale blue of the tail against that warm brown thorax and the pale green eyes — it's a combination that, in my eyes, just works, in a way that's hard to put into words 💙

White-tailed Skimmer, Orthetrum albistylum, and the name itself points to the easiest way to tell it apart from its close relative, the Black-tailed Skimmer: the appendages at the tip of the abdomen are white here, black on the other species. It's also described as the more strikingly colored of the two — which tracks with what pulled me in to begin with.

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🐉 Subject: White-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum albistylum)
📸 Camera: Canon R7
⚪️ Lens: Canon RF 100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM
✋🏻 Shot: Handheld
🔢 ISO: 2500
🌫 Aperture: f/8
⏱ Speed: 1/2000
📍 Location: Slavonski Brod, Croatia

29/08/2026

Follow along 🌿✨ every one of these photos has its own story — the species, the gear, the moment behind the shot.

Red, orange and black for a reason 🐛 Tussock Moth caterpillarSpotted it on a wall, didn't have the camera on me, so had ...
26/08/2026

Red, orange and black for a reason 🐛 Tussock Moth caterpillar

Spotted it on a wall, didn't have the camera on me, so had to settle with an iPhone picture 📱 It hadn't moved an inch, so I genuinely wasn't sure if it was dead or just resting.

When I went back three days later, I remembered my camera 😊 It had moved slightly, to a cleaner area on the wall — very much alive after all 🔍 It also moved a bit during the stacking itself, and with all those hairs, not an easy task for the software to handle, but it still turned out ok, I think.

This is a Tussock Moth caterpillar, subfamily Lymantriinae, and that color combination isn't random — it's aposematic, warning coloration that pairs directly with the long defensive hairs (setae) covering its body 🧵 Several species in this group carry hairs that can irritate skin on contact, so the bright red, orange and black pattern works as an advance warning: predators learn to leave the loud ones alone.

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🐛 Subject: Tussock Moth caterpillar (Subfamily Lymantriinae)
📸 Camera: OM-1
⚪️ Lens: M.Zuiko 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO
🔍 Teleconverter: M.Zuiko Digital 2x MC-20
✋🏻 Shot: Handheld
⚡️ Flash: Godox V860III
⬜️ Diffuser: Cygnustech
🔢 ISO: 200
🌫 Aperture: f/10 (images 1, 4, 5) / f/13 (image 2)
⏱ Speed: 1/100
🧩 Stacks: 25, 2, 19, 19 images — image 5 single frame, iPhone 15 Pro Max
📍 Location: Donja Bebrina, Croatia

Hated by most, loved by me 🛡️ Mottled Stink Bug up closeCame home late one afternoon and found it sitting on the marble ...
24/08/2026

Hated by most, loved by me 🛡️ Mottled Stink Bug up close

Came home late one afternoon and found it sitting on the marble edge in front of the house. Grabbed one quick shot right away just to have something in the bag 🔍 then tried my luck with a couple of stacks, and one came together beautifully 💪

These are genuinely common here in Croatia, and most people can't stand them — one wrong move and they let you know why, with a smell most would rather avoid 🦨 I see them differently, though. Up close, the texture on that shield is something else, and this particular color combination wasn't one I had in the collection yet 😄

This is Rhaphigaster nebulosa, the Mottled Shieldbug. The genus name literally translates from Greek to "needle-belly" — flip one over and there's a forward-pointing spine between the front legs that earns it the name 🔍 The banded antennae, cream rings on otherwise dark segments, are one of the easiest field marks once you know to look for them. They spend the colder months tucked into sheltered spots like walls and window frames, which is exactly why this one turned up right at the front door 🏠

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🛡️ Subject: Mottled Stink Bug (Rhaphigaster nebulosa)
📸 Camera: OM-1
⚪️ Lens: M.Zuiko 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO
🔍 Teleconverter: M.Zuiko Digital 2x MC-20
✋🏻 Shot: Handheld
⚡️ Flash: Godox V860III
⬜️ Diffuser: Cygnustech
🔢 ISO: 200
🌫 Aperture: f/10 (stack) / f/13 (single)
⏱ Speed: 1/100
🧩 Stacks: 40, 2, 40 images — 4th image single frame
📍 Location: Slavonski Brod, Croatia

Cocktail ants on the move 🐜 running their own supply lineLooking at a wall, I noticed a small line of ants running back ...
22/08/2026

Cocktail ants on the move 🐜 running their own supply line

Looking at a wall, I noticed a small line of ants running back and forth. From a distance it looked pointless — no clear reason why. Put a macro lens between eye and ants, though, and the reason showed up immediately: every single one was carrying its own piece 🔍

No idea what they were actually moving — food, nest material, who knows. Maybe the whole colony was just getting ready for the big family lunch 😄 What struck me more than the mystery cargo was the sheer effort in it. Every ant in that line was hauling something, one direction only, over and over 💪

This is Crematogaster schmidti, Schmidt's Cocktail Ant — reddish-brown head and thorax, shiny black gaster, exactly the contrast visible in both shots. The "cocktail" name comes from that gaster: when alarmed, they raise it up and forward over the thorax and can spray formic acid from the tip, looking almost like they're holding up a drink 🍸

Workers travel along paths marked with pheromones, and when the load is small enough, one ant carries it alone — no need to call in help. Every time two paths crossed, the ants stopped for a split second, touched antennae, and carried straight on at full speed 🤝

🌿✨ Slow down, look closer – nature is waiting 💚🍂

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🐜 Subject: Schmidt's Cocktail Ant (Crematogaster schmidti)
📸 Camera: OM-1
⚪️ Lens: M.Zuiko 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO
🔍 Teleconverter: M.Zuiko Digital 2x MC-20
✋🏻 Shot: Handheld
⚡️ Flash: Godox V860III
⬜️ Diffuser: Cygnustech
🔢 ISO: 200
🌫 Aperture: f/13
⏱ Speed: 1/100
📍 Location: Donja Bebrina, Croatia

Queen of Spain Fritillary on lavender 🦋 color that outshined the portraitFollowed this one across the lavender for a whi...
20/08/2026

Queen of Spain Fritillary on lavender 🦋 color that outshined the portrait

Followed this one across the lavender for a while before it finally settled — not close enough for a straight-on portrait, but the angle turned out to be the real gift: a warm background, striking color contrast, and just enough of the wing pattern showing through on both sides to still tell the story.

We were at Rosenhaven early for a first birthday party, guests still arriving, and the lavender was full of bumblebees. The original plan was catching one mid-flight — that one didn't pan out, but the butterflies working the same flowers more than made up for it.

Queen of Spain Fritillary — Issoria lathonia — is one of the easier fritillaries to place once you know what to look for. The wing edges are more angular and scalloped than on Denmark's other fritillary species, and the underside carries large, silvery-white spots that give this whole group of butterflies its name across Europe. It also runs through several generations a year, so unlike most butterflies with one clear flight window, this one can turn up anywhere from May through October.

Not a clean species portrait, but a genuinely good picture — the color contrast alone makes this one worth keeping, with still enough details to know exactly what you're looking at.

🌿✨ Slow down, look closer – nature is waiting 💚🍂

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🦋 Subject: Queen of Spain Fritillary (Issoria lathonia)
📸 Camera: OM-1
⚪️ Lens: M.Zuiko 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO
🔍 Teleconverter: M.Zuiko Digital 2x MC-20
✋🏻 Shot: Handheld
🔢 ISO: 800
🌫 Aperture: f/7.1
⏱ Speed: 1/2000
📍 Location: Rosenhaven, Gerlev, Denmark

Ruddy Darter dragonfly 🔴 the black legs are the giveawayAlways start from a distance 📸 — that's rule one. Get at least o...
17/08/2026

Ruddy Darter dragonfly 🔴 the black legs are the giveaway

Always start from a distance 📸 — that's rule one. Get at least one photo of whatever you've spotted, before it decides you're a problem. This one let me keep closing the gap, so I kept shooting.

The legs are the tell here 🦵 Ruddy Darters look almost identical to Common Darters at a glance — same build, same red males 🔴 — but the legs settle it instantly: entirely black on this one, no yellow stripe running down them. That single detail rules out every red darter that isn't Sympetrum sanguineum. The 'waisted' abdomen, pinched in around the middle before flaring out toward the tip, is the other giveaway once you know to look for it.

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🐉 Subject: Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum)
📸 Camera: OM-1
⚪ Lens: M.Zuiko 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO
🔍 Teleconverter: M.Zuiko Digital 2x MC-20
✋🏻 Shot: Handheld
🔢 ISO: 200
🌫 Aperture: f/13
⏱ Speed: 1/100
📍 Location: Klakar, Croatia

Grasshopper claims the garden chair 🦗 short horns, sharp eyesGot called to the garden — a grasshopper had planted itself...
16/08/2026

Grasshopper claims the garden chair 🦗 short horns, sharp eyes

Got called to the garden — a grasshopper had planted itself on one of the chairs.

I got there just in time to grab a portrait and a side profile before it fully registered I was there. It stayed put, but kept turning, clearly unimpressed by the company. Then I switched to a 25-frame stack, and that was apparently one photo too many — it hopped off right after.

The technical split in this set is the real story. At this magnification — 90mm through a 2x teleconverter — even f/13 leaves a razor-thin slice in focus, nowhere near enough to hold an entire grasshopper sharp in one frame. The two single shots capture whatever was sharp in that instant. Full-body sharpness only comes from the stack: 25 frames at f/10, open enough to stay clean per layer, merged afterward to rebuild depth no single aperture could manage alone.

Short-horned grasshoppers — family Acrididae — get their name from exactly that: stubby antennae, unlike the long, thread-like ones on bush-crickets and katydids. It's one of the fastest ways to tell the two groups apart in the field, long before anything else gives it away. They also make their signature backyard soundtrack without a single vocal cord — a ridge on the hind leg rubbed against a raised wing vein does the job. The same family holds true locusts too: species that can switch from a quiet solitary form into a swarming, color-shifted phase once population density spikes. Same genes, a completely different-looking animal.

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🦗 Subject: Short-horned Grasshopper (Family Acrididae)
📸 Camera: OM-1
⚪️ Lens: M.Zuiko 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO
🔍 Teleconverter: M.Zuiko Digital 2x MC-20
✋🏻 Shot: Handheld
🔢 ISO: 200
🌫 Aperture: f/13 (single frames) / f/10 (stack)
⏱ Speed: 1/250 (single) / 1/100 (stack)
🧩 Stack: 25 images
📍 Location: Slavonski Brod, Croatia

Not every featherleg turns blue 🧡 golden damselfly hiding in plain sightMost of what I found that day was the same pale ...
14/08/2026

Not every featherleg turns blue 🧡 golden damselfly hiding in plain sight

Most of what I found that day was the same pale blue-grey, over and over. Then this one showed up in gold instead.

Midday is a bad window for this. Get too close around noon and damselflies clear out before you've even lined up the shot — so having the 90mm running at 180mm with the teleconverter on meant I could hang back further than usual and still fill the frame.

The color turned out to be the real story. Platycnemis pennipes — the Blue Featherleg, or White-legged damselfly — only wears blue once it's a mature male. Females and freshly emerged individuals, like this one, stay orange-to-tan, sometimes for a while before the color shifts. It's also one of the more common damselflies along slow, vegetated rivers and streams across most of Europe — which is probably why I kept finding the same blue males again and again.

The other giveaway is the legs: flattened, feather-shaped tibiae found in almost no other European damselfly, used by males to wave in front of females during courtship instead of relying on scent alone.

So the gold wasn't a rare individual — it was one of the usual stages most people never slow down enough to notice. Blue gets photographed. Gold gets scrolled past.

Not that I was looking for blue — that's just usually what turns up. Today we got gold. Worth remembering that the one that stands out isn't always the rare one — sometimes it's just the one nobody stopped for.

🌿✨ Slow down, look closer – nature is waiting 💚🍂

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🪲 Subject: Blue Featherleg (Platycnemis pennipes)
📸 Camera: OM-1
⚪️ Lens: M.Zuiko 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO
🔍 Teleconverter: M.Zuiko Digital 2x MC-20
✋🏻 Shot: Handheld
🔢 ISO: 200
🌫 Aperture: f/13
⏱ Speed: 1/320
📍 Location: Slavonski Brod, Croatia

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