Insects have had a long association with flowers.  They find nourishment from nectar and pollen, and they play a part in pollinating flowers.  Some pairs of insect and plant species are closely associated, if only by being in the same place at the same time, an example being the marbled white butterfly and the knapweed.  By looking at different plant families, for example convolvulaceae and umbelliferae, you can easily see that different flowers are favoured by different insects. 

While feeding on flowers, active insects such as butterflies may be photographed relatively easily, though some exposures will shows a flower that an insect up to a fraction of a second before the picture was taken.  With a composite flower, the insect may spend some time feeding, moving slowly over the flower, and giving a chance for the photographer to wait for it to be in a good position.

   This was too much magnification to try outside.  It should have been done indoors.

Spiders lie in wait

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