IT'S amazing what you find if you look hard enough.
The insects in four of today's pictures would be easy to miss - but thankfully not for our eagle-eyed Camera Club members.
From a green bottle fly to ladybird larvae and a large red damselfly, they make a fascinating sight.
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Fly on the wall - Allan Jones spotted this green bottle fly
Heat trap - Tina Ralph spotted this large red damselfly and other insects while photographing at Cooks Mill and Fiddlers Bridge
Even the tiniest things can be miracles - Christine Chambers spotted this ladybird larvae in her garden
Hanging around - Keith Brooke spotted this insect in Wivenhoe
Flower power - Lynn Sampson took this stunning picture, which is now the cover picture on the Gazette Camera Club Facebook page
Some you wing, some you lose - Lynn Whitmore spotted these understandably protective swans guarding the towpath at Heybridge Basin
Simply red - Pat Edwards captured these beautiful poppies at Holland-on-Sea
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