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Påfågelöga (Inachis io) är en fjärilsart; den enda i släktet Inachis. Den förekommer i stora delar av Europa och Asien.
Påfågelögat har ett vingspann på 55-65 mm och dessa kännetecknas av tydliga blå ögonfläckar mot en rödbrun bakgrundsfärg. Äggen som är gröna och ovala läggs huvudsakligen på nässelblad och kläcks på cirka en vecka. Larven är vitprickigt svart, och växer under en knapp månad innan den förpuppas. Påfågelögat ligger i en gulgrön till brun puppa i cirka två veckor.
Det vuxna påfågelögat söker sig företrädesvis till röda och blå blommor; särskilt ängsvädd, hampflockel och olika arter av tistelsläktena Carduus och Cirsium, och den kan förflytta sig långa sträckor för att finna dessa.
Clever bumble bees. Having tried the Mk1 bee feeder - a milkbottle top with some foam stuck on top of a cane with honey/sugar syrup in it. I've been thinking of how to overcome the inevitable problem that ants eventually find it and take it over. Well saw a small animal water feeder in the supermarket that hangs down. Stuck a couple of pieces of Velcro either side of the nozzle for grip and put some honey sugar syrup inside. Hung it up in a bush in the evening and next morning the bumble bees had it all worked out and were hanging off the nozzle feeding. I expect the ants will eventually work out how to get it but I was impressed that the bees worked it out so fast.
Saw this fellow outside the door on one of the leaves.. dunno what it is. It is only slightly bigger than the common house fly. Hand held with a 18-200 Sigma
Found what it is with google's help. It is the Native Drone Fly ( Eristalinus punctulatus )
www.ozanimals.com/Insect/Native-Drone-Fly/Eristalinus/pun...
4 spotted chaser, I think!
Had me chasing it around Rixton Clay Pits for 4 hours or more at the weekend.
The sun came out this afternoon and through my mind went, bees, snowdrops, camera so out I went for we have many hundreds of snowdrops which the bees and other insects love. They were a-buzz with life but mostly the bees are far too fast for me to catch them, the other insects are a little slower.
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Snoozing on a fern. Nowt strange - just suits my mood! I SO want to do some different photography but my back is not up to it yet.....Hmmmmm...frustration! I need a remote controlled, robot mounted, camera that I can send out. Just think - I could use a live view wireless feed to position it perfectly for my landscape shot. And the ND grads would slide into position at the touch of a remote button - perfect!! Any techno bots out there that can construct this for me?
PS Oh and it must be able to travel on rocky foreshores..Lol!! And be waterproof - I want to do moody susserating water shots..Lol!!
Off I went to the Camera shop again. I have a new toy. It is a macro tube. You pay a silly amount of money for a hollow tube and then you add that to the lens and the yoghurt carton and voila we can see the bee’s tongue lapping at the pond water through a hole in the lily pad. I am having so much fun with these insects. My friend Val loaned me a special ring flash that you add to the end of your lens so that it all becomes even better. BUT you guessed it I prefer the yoghurt carton for diffusing the light. The wireless flash was just too flashy. Tomorrow I am seriously going to turn over EVERY rock in the garden.
I photographed this insect at stretton mill this morning and am unable to determine the species --is anyone able to help ?--a little more study since posting has suggested that it may be a form of the female blue tailed damselfly called rufescens-obsoleta, but I am by no means certain---subsequently confirmed --see below