Fresh from the garden, my first Leaf-cutter Bee flying with a leaf:

Megachile centuncularis ♀
Patchwork Leaf-cutter Bee
Frühe Gartenblattschneiderbiene
Rosenbladskærerbi

Body length 11 mm

Exposure time (= flash duration): 50 µs = 1/20.000 s
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If you like my pictures of insects in flight, you should visit my special website on insect flight:
www.insektenflug.de

Wenn Ihnen meine Bilder fliegender Insekten gefallen, besuchen Sie bitte meine Homepage speziell zu diesem Thema:
www.insektenflug.de

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PLEASE, NO AWARDS, no Copy and Paste Comments and no group icons like "your wonderful photo was seen in group xyz". They will all be deleted as soon as I see them.

BITTE KEINE AWARDS, kopierte Kommentare oder diese Gruppen-Icons wie "Ich habe Dein wunderbares Bild in Gruppe xyz gesehen". Die lösche ich sobald ich sie sehe.
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Murtosa, Portugal - 2020.05.25

Tags:   Gineta Genet (Genetta genetta) em Liberdade [WildLife] Nuno Xavier Lopes Moreira ngc Animals Animais Nature natureza selvagem pics wildlife wildnature wild photographer Portugal Ao ar livre ngc nuno xavier moreira nuno.xavier@moreira liberdade National Geographic Mamiferos Mammals All X-Press Us nature_and_nothing_else Genetta genetta Common Genet Small-spotted Genet

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Taken at Gold Harbour, South Georgia on our cruise to the Falklands Islands, South Georgia and Antarctica in 2019. I can't help but think how fortunate I was to visit this area before Covid-19 halted all travel.

Thank you for your visit and comments. They are very much appreciated.

Tags:   King Penguins penguins wild nature avian seabirds cruise Falklands, South Georgia and Antarctic Peninsula cruise 2019 Gold Harbour South Georgia © Bonnie Grzesiak NGC

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Ontario, Canada

Tags:   Grasshopper sparrow Ontario Canada

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(Paramastax poecilosoma) 0N0A2368 La Minga Ecolodge - Colombia
Very tiny one
Correct identification with the help from davholla2002

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