Antlion - Spain
Rather thrilled when we found a couple of these fluttering about. These are named more for the voracious larvae, according to Wikipedia. Too much information to add it all in here, but well worth checking it out. I believe we have these in UK on Jersey and perhaps Sussex. They don't fly far and are weak fliers at the best of times so was able to capture a fair amount of shots, but they are not that easy to shoot, I found. Unfortunately the many I took with the Canon are poor. This individual obligingly sat on the side of a discarded breeze block so I could take some head on shots, otherwise again the camouflage made it difficult for the cameras to focus. Plus was quite happy to pose on my hand, where it was better contrasted.
Antlion - Spain
Rather thrilled when we found a couple of these fluttering about. These are named more for the voracious larvae, according to Wikipedia. Too much information to add it all in here, but well worth checking it out. I believe we have these in UK on Jersey and perhaps Sussex. They don't fly far and are weak fliers at the best of times so was able to capture a fair amount of shots, but they are not that easy to shoot, I found. Unfortunately the many I took with the Canon are poor. This individual obligingly sat on the side of a discarded breeze block so I could take some head on shots, otherwise again the camouflage made it difficult for the cameras to focus. Plus was quite happy to pose on my hand, where it was better contrasted.