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Many thanks again Sara for getting some expert input from your teacher. I'll add this image to the gallery when I can find time, although there are some there already, but not from Greece. When i take photos I don't use flash, so i need very bright daylight. So I end up taking a lot of shots of insects such as syrphids that visit flowers in full daylight, or use sunshine to warm themselves up (that happens a lot in the UK on cool spring days) and am sure I'm missing lots of insects that prefer shade and the underside of leaves! One day I will get some flash gear for such things, and for insects of shady forests, but i actually prefer the great colours of insects and backgrounds you get with daylight. Some insects I photograph seem most active on sunny, very low wind, humid days, such as chloropids when they are courting, releasing pheromones and hovering slowly around in search of mates (at least Thaumatomyia notata does this from my observations).