Here are some photos of the sort of critters you encounter when you are looking for something else entirely.
All these photos were taken last weekend.
A very hairy caterpillar:

Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO200, f5, 1/100s
A portrait of a red beetle checking me out:

Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO100, f5.6, 1/200s
A doodlebug just after an awkward landing, wings still out (maximum sharpness is a few mm too far towards the camera, sorry about that):

Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f8, 1/200s
A very blue weevil considering its next move:

Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO100, f4, 1/160s
I didn't find the dragonfly I was looking for that day, though.
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Wow! thanks for sharing those photo, i love them
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Great photos, sharp detail.
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Great beetles!
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