A pause between blinks. Chrome armor, needle legs, watching the world breathe. Fun fact: Long-legged flies are tiny predators. They hunt smaller insects, making them quiet guardians of the garden. #Veinbug #Dolichopodidae #LongLeggedFly #MacroWorld #HiddenNature #TinyPredator

A pause between blinks.
Chrome armor, needle legs, watching the world breathe.

Fun fact: Long-legged flies are tiny predators. They hunt smaller insects, making them quiet guardians of the garden.

#Veinbug
#Dolichopodidae
#LongLeggedFly
#MacroWorld
#HiddenNature
#TinyPredator

An emerald flash on a green stage.

Fun fact: This long-legged fly may look delicate, but it’s a mini predator, feeding on smaller insects and helping keep ecosystems balanced.

#Veinbug #MacroMagic #LongLeggedFly #MetallicGreen #HiddenNature #InsectPhotography

A round painted embroidery hoop that is mid painting. The hoop itself is painted a turquoise ish blue. A long legged fly is being painted. It has blue eyes and legs, a green body and yellow wings. It sits on top of a lilac purple background above some vague blueish flowers and green leaves.

“Stretch” with the long legged fly

Trying to do a new little series of painting bugs from my new entomology book with randomly chosen color palettes

Still figuring out how to record it for media, but This is part one!

#artchallenge #longleggedfly #colorpalettechallenge #art #bugart #colorscheme