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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
A response on FB. Megacerus leucospilus. "beetle is a seed weevil. IIRC it is the one that feeds on beach morning glory seeds."