Here is mine:
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/385454339
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/385457530
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/384675209
(Does not have to be flying, just insects that can fly)
Here is mine:
(Does not have to be flying, just insects that can fly)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/288848226 Damselfly snatched a mosquito from right near my head then perched to eat it
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/259627130 Paper wasp busting into fall webworm moth silk to eat
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/384704405 Maybe not the best photos ever but I was excited to get this one recently of a clearwing moth (I’d never seen it before!)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/374424927 whitetail laying eggs
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/365777548 The most ferocious predator in North America
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/365777476 Golden-backed Snipe fly
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/383378177 Megachile bee
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180663104 my snowberry clearwing (love these guys!)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/179211841 and this rare little moth
I have more… many more… to many to keep track of.
Those insects aren’t flying.
I figure from the examples in the first post it’s “insects with wings” not “insects in flight”
Oh! This one is actually flying! The photo is…not a good photo.
But, I spent like an hour chasing these little tiny yellow butterflies around a huge field, and not once did even one of them stop flying around. My camera is not fast enough for insects in flight, so I just have to luck out. It took a lot of seriously atrocious photos before I could this one, which is merely very bad. It’s enough to make the ID, which is good enough for me.
Uh… I think you meant to say “your best photos of insects that can fly”. You implied “flight shots”.
I’ll share my flight shots! ![]()
I have been working on being patient with flying dragonflies. I watch their patrol patterns. I get frustrated when they have to chase an intruder. I take a lot of photos. I have to be patient and persistent with my point and shoot camera. It can’t take a lot of photos at once. But, that makes me work harder. The Cyrano Darner was a new species for me. I was so happy just to find it and see it. Getting decent shots was a big bonus. The Prince Baskettail photos are the best ones I have ever gotten for this species. My camera does have lock-focus. But, that doesn’t mean it is easy to get locked on a moving subject!
Bees: I take a lot of photos of bees because I want different angles for identification purposes. I really like watching them through the camera screen as they work through flowers. Any flight photos I get of them are just lucky clicks. But, I’ll take that!
Dragonflies:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/372629853
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/374066963
Bees:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/375246705
I chose to understand the question as “insects in flight” as well.. ![]()
I used to try very hard to get in-flight photos. It is often a matter of knowing your subject.. a lot of insects show predictable behaviour, once you get to know them a little
My personal favourites are
honey bee (might be a boring photo subject for some, but I really like how that photo turned out)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37753697
Hoverfly
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38344348
beewolf
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38401405
silverspot butterfly
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37846848
and this one is not my best in technical aspects, but I love that I managed to get a shot of this wild chase along a forest path and got all 4 butterflies in one shot
common brimstone
Cool photo!
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/383135012 I was able to get really close.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/382428629 Was also able to get really close.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/386116994 the only reason I got so close was because I thought it was dead. It wasn’t. It left me alone, though.
This one was circling the area where I stood. It took me many shots and even this one is a about 1/9th of the actual photo.
https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/515431434
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A bumblebee sticking out its “tongue” (proboscis).
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/305377037
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This one makes me laugh because the wasp looked desperate and it was doing all sort of poses to position itself on top of the smaller flowers.
Sphex ichneumoneus (Great Golden Digger Wasp) doing the splits and also drinking nectar.
Peek-a-boo!
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/305377034
Holding on to dear life. The background gives the illusion of movement.
I really like the wide angle framing like your beewolf one. Specially when there’s no discernible background.
Off topic, but check this out: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/319231693
There ought to be a project for observations with this type of shots.
I had no idea that a type of wasp (???) could be so cute. Look at it, bouncing across the terrain (I know it’s not really bouncing)!
I stitched together some multiple shots for these ones