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So I needed to make something today.. I started off quite ambitious and then quickly turned to making a $2.50 extension tube so I could take some macro shots.
Next to figure out some lighting that doesn't give me flare...
Was well pleased to get this one although it's showing a bit of wear to the wings. Easily mistaken for Southern hawker. Couple of differences are the Common has a saffron yellow costa, (Leading edge of the wing) and the blue spots at the base of the abdomen never fully join as do the Southern hawker's
Crowle moor, Lincolnshire
Beautiful orange butterfly which was willing to pose :))
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As I was watering the garden the other day I noticed this little fellow nearby, and when I looked closer, I saw he was holding a drop of water. I didn't know spiders did that. Not the sharpest shot; hard to shoot macro when the wind is blowing the web, but I couldn't resist the shot of him holding that drop of water.
Pentax K-x
Vivitar 28mm f2.0 1:2
Anillo inversor
Mosquito herido
Folio blanco
Literna Led emisor Cree P4
my lemon tree is suffering from an infestation of scaly bugs so I went for a walk and collected a few ladybirds to help with the infestation. I don't use chemicals on any of my plant and always try to go for the ecological solution... they look pretty too, such a shame that after 24 hours they had all left the tree....
Many talented photographers have been posting some stunning shots of Dragonflies this year. Having tried & failed miserably all season, I was so pleased to have captured this guy this afternoon. Can't believe I got away with it, given how close I was poking my little camera. Mission accomplished!
Risbridge Meadow Suffolk - Sept 2011.
Thanks to Carolinensis this butterfly was identified as a Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos. I captured it right here in Stark County, Ohio.
6. “I might look cute but I can sap you out!” Treehoppers have long fascinated biologists because of their unusual appearance. They belong to the Membracidae family and are closely related to cicadas and leafhoppers. They feed upon the sap found in plant stems, which they prick with their beaks.
Image: Vai_boy
A smallish Dragonfly, not sure what it is but i am sure Garry you can tell me i dont see many, so i get rather excited when i do
Rhyssa persuasoria (meaning persuasive burglar) is one of the largest ichneumon wasps in Europe. The length of adults varies from about 10–20 millimetres (0.39–0.79 in) in males up to 20–40 millimetres (0.79–1.6 in) in the females, plus about 20–40 millimetres (0.79–1.6 in) of the ovipositor. They have a thin black body, several whitish spots on the head, thorax, and abdomen and reddish legs. The antennae are long and thin. The long stinger on the abdomen of the females is just an egg laying instrument (ovipositor), therefore these wasps are harmless to humans.
They can mainly be encountered from July through August, especially in paths and clearings of coniferous forests.
Female of this parasitic species drills deep into wood by its hair thin ovipositor (terebra) and lays its eggs on larvae living in timber, which become a food supply and an incubator for the progeny, until it is fully grown. Larvae overwinter in the wood, pupating the next spring and emerging from the wood as adults.
Main hosts of Rhyssa persuasoria are the larvae of Horntail or Wood Wasps (Urocerus gigas, Siricidae species, a type of xylophagous sawfly), as well as larvae of Longhorn Beetle (Spondylis buprestoides, Monochamus sutor) and Great Capricorn Beetle (Cerambyx cerdo).
(Inadvertedly posted publicly earlier while id-ing this species.)
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Een zeer grote sluipwesp met een legboor die langer is dan het lichaam. Lichaam zwart met gele tekening op de kop, borststuk en achterlijf. Poten grotendeels rood.
Niet zeldzaam in naaldbossen.
De sluipwesp zoekt naar de in hout levende larven van naaldhoutwespen. Om de gastheren aan te prikken moet ze diep met de legboor in het hout doordringen. Bij deze soort blijft de tweeledige legboorschede aan het eindpunt contact houden met de legboor en wordt in een krul naar boven geschoven naarmate de legboor dieper in het hout verzinkt.