A butterfly and a Robber fly.

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Greetings and salutations, come and see some South African insects.

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This is a small Geranium Bronze (Cacyreus marshalli) on a tired Daisy flower.

Winter is upon us and soon most of the flowers and the butterflies will be gone. I love all four of our seasons and I understand the recycling of nature. During Winter the trees have to sleep, as it is necessary for their re-generation in Spring on order to face the Summer heat. So the trees get undressed in Autumn and after their sleep of Winter, they put new dresses on in Spring. The flowers and many insects follow the same pattern.

Here below is an even smaller Geranium Bronze.
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There was another one on this pink geranium flower.
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And a closer look at it.
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Just a late Autumn leaf to show you some color.
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Now, what could this tiny being possibly be?
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Ah! Looks like some type of Robber Fly.
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Oh yes! It is indeed a Robber Fly that I took on the macro.
I think that it is of the Asilidae family.
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Finally, just some orange bells to show you their beauty.
I know that @ewkaw will know what type of succulent it is.
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Not many insects around any more, as Winter is slowly starting, but I just thought to bring you these that I found.
I have also found a lonely dragonfly, but I haven't fully downloaded the camera yet as it is getting late here. Nature holds many treasures and I love to search them out.
It takes one's mind off the worries of life.

And That's All Friends.

Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge camera.

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Beautiful pictures always appear dazzling to the eye and do not forget the details of your topics

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It's Cotyledon :) The colour of the flowers is very pretty!
I envy you the approaching winter. Here is getting hot and I am not looking forward to it.

And that butterfly looks like the one that killed my pelargoniums by laying eggs on them. Nasty little beast!

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Ah! Thank you milady and glad that you liked the colors.
Yes, we also love the cool weather and it is a couple of months out of the blazing African sun.

I read up on it and it is indeed seen as a great pest in Europe. Some Klutz took them from here and introduced them into Europe and the UK , as they were in garden plants. and from there they spread out all over.
Not seen as pests here though.

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Of course, I prefer any butterfly to a robberfly, but such close-up images of this bad little robberfly boy look great in my eyes 😀

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All insects have their own characters and beauty my friend, even if we don't like some of them 😉

Thank you for appreciating the post 😁

Cheers and tanks.

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That's very true and even if I don't want to touch many of them, i love to look at them or take macro photos 😀

You're most welcome, my friend 😊

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Oh yes, some of them can get nasty when they are touched, usually with painful results 😥

You are indeed a good friend to have, but I think that I have told you this before 😊

Cheers and thanks.

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This reminds me that I wanted to take more photos of our spider Lukas 😁
Yep, you have and I am happy to have you as my friend 😊

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Lukas must surely be a bit bigger now and you are right, it's time for photos 😉

Likewise my friend 😊

Cheers and thanks.

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He's not fully grown up yet, but maybe I'll ask him tomorrow for a little photoshooting 😁

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Don't forget to take a treat with when you ask him, as they are always much friendlier when they agree to a photoshoot. Maybe he will also smile and wink with all of his eyes 😉

Cheers and thanks.

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He will get a big fat fly for sure 😁

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Hahaha, yes, you can certainly bribe him 😉

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I have just had a look at him and he has become a beautiful and huge spider. I'm working tomorrow, but if it rains on Sunday when I come home, I might make a photo session with the spider instead of taking Spring flower photos 😊

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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A great idea and I hope that it will rain on Sunday, as Lukas is due for modeling shoot.
I bet that he looks very good my friend 👍

Cheers and thanks.

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Bad luck for Lukas, the sun was shining and I went for a walk instead. It's evening now and in a few minutes it will begin to rain. My son is on a ride with his motorbike and he will certainly get wet 🌧️

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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So Lukas was relaxing while you went out to tire yourself.
Rain is always bad news on a bike as it also caught me many times and especially in winter it can really become very troublesome arriving at work as wet as seal.
I hope that he makes it back safe and sound and wet ☂️

Cheers and thanks.

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Yep, Lukas has had a relaxing day, just like I had 😉

The dark clouds moved into another direction, so he made it back home dry.

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Sounds like Lukas gets 5 star treatment every day. Someone needs to take him for a walk in the spider park occasionally to keep him fit 🤣 !LOLZ

He is indeed a lucky guy and I think that Mother nature likes him 😉

Cheers and thanks.

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Lukas is quite big now and I think you can take him out on a flower or so and if he's not hungry he might sit there and not jump around ... mybe we can leave him out during daytime and he comes back to sleep at home in the evening, just as our son does 😂

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Be careful with taking Lukas out to sit on a flower, as jumping spiders go crazy when they see a woman. In two jumps he will be with the lady spider and then you will never see him again. I think that he has a bit of Austrian mountain goat blood in his veins when it comes to women 🤣 !LOLZ

But then again, maybe he meets a girl and you can train both of them to go out in the day and come home at night. Soon you will have many small jumping spiders in the house 😉
At least they are cheaper than grand children 👍

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Just imagine, they are living free and bring their children home to us to give them to spider lovers, for some money of course - we will be millionaires soon 😁

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Oh yeah, you can even register your own business selling jumping spiders and maybe call it "PibeTim", "Spider Connoisseurs", as your son will be your partner.
Millions are waiting for you methinks 😛

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I have just calculated that it will take only a few months until we are richer than rich ... if each spider lays 100 eggs and if we keep the first few thousands and start selling their millions of kids ... we need a bigger apartment for the terrariums and hopefully the neighbours don't find out 🤣 !LOLZ

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Wow! Imagine that. Millions of kids and you will have to rent a big factory to rig it out with lines breeding ovens to develop the thousands of eggs. I can think that you will have to hire deliver guys on bikes to courier the spiders across the country and also partner with an international delivery company.
It takes money to make money and you can use the van's saving to invest in the business 🤣 !LOLZ

Cheers and thanks.

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Well, this sounds like a lot of work and you think I will have to invest my van money? Forget the millions, I want my van and freedom from work 😂 !LOLZ

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Hahaha, did I tell you that I knew exactly what you were going to say. That's why I dropped the word "van" into my reply, as I knew that it would bring you to your senses 🤣 !LOLZ

Cheers and thanks.

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🤣🤣🤣 !LOLZ

!PIZZA and !BEER served with !LUV - sounds like a lovely dinner :)
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