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Stummbled on these 3 hares in a field and had a great couple of hours filming and photgraphing these guys.
The Gilly suit was on for this as I didn't know how tolerant they would be of me. ISO was between 500-800 and F stop 4 - 5.6 on AV
Heath bee-fly (Bombylius minor) collecting dust to coat its eggs. Dorset, UK.
'They collect fine dust in a 'basket' under their abdomens, and lay their eggs whilst hovering. They coat the eggs in dust and flick them at small holes along sandy banks. The coating of dust helps to camouflage the emerging grub, which then finds its way into the bee's burrow, but it is not known whether they feed on the bee grub or its food store.' - Arkive
This butterfly is demonstrating that colour-attractants for butterflies work! It landed and tried to feed on the orange clothing, thinking it might be a flower.