Magpie moth

.

Super delicate

flutter on a windward hill

rests for a moment

.

by Scooj

Queen’s flight

.

A single purpose

to start a new colony

queen ants leave the nest

.

by Scooj

Ephemeroptera

.

Fleeting existence

here today, gone tomorrow

like politicians

.

by Scooj

St John’s Wort

.

Pretty yellow blooms

commonly used for the blues

grown with green fingers

.

by Scooj

 

  • did you see what I did there?

 

Common hedge nettle

.

A cliff-top meadow

keeper of many secrets

Mother Nature’s gifts

.

by Scooj

Evening

.

Biting flies dancing

vertical patterns, up, down

in sunlit stanzas

.

by Scooj

Almost there

.

In a few days time

nature’s generous gift shop

opens for business

.

by Scooj

Moth ball

.

Tired out from dancing

resting up in the spinach

waiting for nightfall

.

by Scooj

Black vine weevil

.

Strolled into my life

kept my interest for a while

then strolled out again

.

by Scooj

Dark past

.

Ladybird larva

a natural born killer

on slender teasel

.

by Scooj