Another shot from chasing this amazing insect around the landscape plantings of an Office / Industrial park in Southern California, the fact that they have "Butterfly Bush" planted is just a bonus!

this is not a cropped image to get to the macro but the full frame. You should really hit the enlarge button to view this.

Shot around 2:00pm May 31st in Santa Clarita California with a Nikon D-100 and Sigma 70-300 lens set to Macro and 300mm hand held with available light. In the landscape plantings of an office industrial park that borders the Santa Clarita Trail.