The Chinese stachyurus is called Japanese stachyurus in Germany, which is wrong because it occurs naturally in China and Taiwan. But I guess it was named at a time when everything further than a couple of hundred kilometres was considered far, and everything in Asia lumped together as exotic.
Linked to Sunshine’s Macro Monday.
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Beautiful macro shots. 😊
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Thank you.
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Zauberhaft schön !
Gut gemacht.
My contribution
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Ganz toll, Jutta. Die Insektenbilder, vor allem das von vorne – wunderbar!
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and with a bonus bee 🙂
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🙂
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Nice macros.
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Thank you.
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