When you peer closely at nature's offerings, you will invariably find something to surprise and delight.

I had never seen nor heard of a Red-banded Leafhopper until I got down on my hands and knees in the vegetation and really started looking.

But there it was.

The photo: one of my few decent macro shots (so far). Photographed at the Cambridge Pollinator Preserve in Cambridge, Ontario using a Nikkor Z MC 105mm S-Line mounted on a Nikon Z6III. July, 2025.