Close-ups: Bugs (2)

This gallery contains close-up photos of insects, spiders, and other "bugs."

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A black meadowhawk dragonfly (sympetrum danae) warms in morning sun.

The low-angle sun of a July morning backlights grass, silhouetting a green mirid (megaloceroea recticornis).

Monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus on Dame's Rocket in Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, U.S.

A bee on orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata) early on a cool July morning.

A honey bee on rapeseed (canola) on a brilliant sunny morning.