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Hoverfly There are over 200 species of syrphid, or hover- or flower flies, in Alaska. This is one of them. This adult is feeding on some cow parsnip pollen, but will also drink nectar. As such, it is a pollinator. Its coloration mimics that of bees, giving it some protection from other predators. The larval maggots eat decaying material of all sorts, as well as aphids, depending on the species. This hoverfly was occupied for a while so I was able to take many shots with different fields of depth, flash, &c. #hoverfly #syrphid #syrphidae #syrphidfly #flowerfly #cunninghamparkkenai #cunninghampark #cityofkenai #kenaialaska #kenai #cowparsnips #sonydschx400v #SonyCameras (at Cunningham Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRQKdtyhtmu/?utm_medium=tumblr

Kenai Range from Cunningham Park 52 minutes before sundown #sonydschx400v #sonydsc #sonycybershot #SonyCameras #cunninghampark #cunninghamparkkenai #kenai #kenairiver #kenairange #kenaiparksandrec #cityofkenai #kenaialaska #alaska #alaskaphotography (at Cunningham Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWlyy0HvXwk/?utm_medium=tumblr

Cunningham Park No whales today! #sonydschx400v #sonydsc #sonycybershot #SonyCameras #cunninghampark #cunninghamparkkenai #kenai #kenaialaska #cityofkenai #kenaiparksandrec #alaska #alaskaphotography (at Cunningham Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWlyVGmvvCq/?utm_medium=tumblr

More fireweed and raindrops taken with the Sony DSC-F828, an 8Mp camera first released 15 August, 2003. #sonydscf828 #sonydsc #sonycybershot #SonyCameras #cunninghampark #cunninghamparkkenai #kenaialaska #fireweed (at Cunningham Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTez0QMHT-v/?utm_medium=tumblr

A view from Cunningham Park. Quick snap of a shorebird flying by. #sonydsc #sonycybershot #sonydschx400v #SonyCameras #cunninghampark #cunninghamparkkenai #kenaialaska #kenairiverflats #kenairiver (at Cunningham Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSojgL0nK3g/?utm_medium=tumblr

Plant porn. Close-ups of the naughty bits of a fireweed flower. Shhh... #plantporn #cunninghamparkkenai #cunninghampark #kenai #kenaialaska #cityofkenai#sonydschx400v #SonyCameras #sonydsc #hoyamacrolens #hoyamacrofilters #hoyamacrokit #fireweed #naughtybits (at Cunningham Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSQTK7qF4BU/?utm_medium=tumblr

National Moth Week, you say? Here you go! This is one of those species that is too difficult for me to narrow down. But I got some cool angles with the Mscope USB camera I got for $2.75. This time I used its own app and got 3.8Mp images, which are cropped square in Instagram. I have: the wing scales, which are difficult to focus in on as their structure refracts and reflects light; a compound eye (again, hard to focus in on); the labial palpi, twice; an antenna base; an antenna. #nationalmothweek #nationalmothweek2021 #cunninghamparkkenai #cunninghampark #kenai #mscopes #kenaialaska #cityofkenai #moth #mothparts (at Cunningham Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRrcx03heEf/?utm_medium=tumblr

I can't find the particulars on this little one. There are similar ones in Eurasia, there are no as similar ones in North America. None of them have the same pattern on the wings, but none of them vary much from those of their kind, either. The closest is a celery leaf mining fly, a sorry of large fruit fly, but they aren't supposed to be here. #cunninghamparkkenai #cunninghampark #kenai #cityofkenai #kenaialaska #whatisthisbug #celeryfly #picturewingedfly #picturewingfly (at Cunningham Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRhIDcahOuf/?utm_medium=tumblr