Fun at the Fen

If you don't count at the mosquito bites, great nature park with prairie, marsh, hard woods and a creek. 

Asilidae Trigonomiminae Holcocephala (Robber Fly) Nikon D7000 ISO 200  f/11 1/125 sec. Nikkor 105mm f/4 Micro AI manual focus lens + 27mm + 20mm + 14mm + 12mm extension tubes, off-body flash with DIY diffuser

Quite possibly the strangest bug I've ever seen - Wheel Bug in the Assassin Bugs family (Reduviidae Harpactorinae Harpactorini Arilus). Also glad that we didn't pick this bad boy up, apparently they pack a nasty bite and can even take down a hummingbird. 

Wheel Bug (Reduviidae Harpactorinae Harpactorini Arilus) Nikon D7000 ISO 200  f/11 1/125 sec. Nikkor 105mm f/4 Micro AI manual focus lens + 27mm + 20mm + 14mm + 12mm extension tubes, off-body flash with DIY diffuser

Wheel Bug (Reduviidae Harpactorinae Harpactorini Arilus) Nikon D7000 ISO 200  f/11 1/125 sec. Nikkor 105mm f/4 Micro AI manual focus lens + 27mm + 20mm + 14mm + 12mm extension tubes, off-body flash with DIY diffuser

Hoverfly Nikon D7000 ISO 200  f/11 1/125 sec. Nikkor 105mm f/4 Micro AI manual focus lens + 27mm + 20mm + 14mm + 12mm extension tubes, off-body flash with DIY diffuser

Spotted Cucumber Beetle - Diabrotica Undecimpunctata Nikon D7000 ISO 200  f/11 1/125 sec. Nikkor 105mm f/4 Micro AI manual focus lens + 27mm + 20mm + 14mm + 12mm extension tubes, off-body flash with DIY diffuser