Wildlife pictures

[British Red]

Here is one of sparrows just about to mate. The female was whirling her tail frantically. Until I grabbed the shot, I didn't realise how obvious the display of mating readiness is.

Mating Sparrows by British Red, on Flickr

 

[eternoui]

nice photos !

 

[brancho]

Nice shot Red

Here is another shot of the Zebra jumper eating and some others

Salticus-scenicus-eating-5 by alf.branch, on Flickr

Small-tortoise-shell-1 by alf.branch, on Flickr

Small-tortoise-shell-2 by alf.branch, on Flickr

Small-tortoise-shell-3 by alf.branch, on Flickr

Wood-lice by alf.branch, on Flickr

Bubble-blower by alf.branch, on Flickr

 

[Harvestman]

Great pics Alf. I'm still trying to work out which woodlouse species that is, as it is a bit boldly marked. It is probably Porcellio scaber, common rough woodlice, but not typical specimens

 

[brancho]

Great pics Alf. I'm still trying to work out which woodlouse species that is, as it is a bit boldly marked. It is probably Porcellio scaber, common rough woodlice, but not typical specimens

Mike
The boldness could be a result of flash and post processing plus trying to remember what it looked like later. The one on the right looked different to the one on the left when I recall seeing them.

What do you think of this

Katiannidae by alf.branch, on Flickr#

 

[Harvestman]

Alf your springtail is superb. My macros are getting better but are not at that level.

I'm convinced that the woodlice are both Porcellio scaber. The species is usually slate grey, but more attractively marked variants are not uncommon, especially nearer to the coast, as you are, and you are too far north for the only alternative. I'm happy this is what they are. The one on the left is particularly nice.

 

[Harvestman]

I meant to put this one up. Rather pleased with it, especially as it was completely fortuitous.

Ladybird unfolding its wings prior to takeoff.

 

[Toddy]

There are some really stunningly good photos on this thread

Thank you for posting; it's quite fascinating seeing such incredible detail

M

 

[daveO]

Amazing ladybird photo. So much detail you'd never normally see

 

[Goatboy]

I meant to put this one up. Rather pleased with it, especially as it was completely fortuitous.

Ladybird unfolding its wings prior to takeoff.

Cracking picture Harvestman, love the way the light is coming through the wingcases.
Cute little killers ladybirds.

Sent via smoke-signal from a woodland in Scotland.

 

[brancho]

Taken in the garden but there is not much round here to see at the moment it was 11 deg C today again and dull. Not all taken today though.


A beetle spotted when shooting a zebra jumper


Nebria-brevicollis by alf.branch, on Flickr




A small spider


Small-spider by alf.branch, on Flickr


A hastily retreating wood louse


Wood-louse by alf.branch, on Flickr


A small fly


Small-Fly by alf.branch, on Flickr

 

[brancho]

I have been trying to get shots of these leaf hoppers for a few days on my yew tree



Leafhopper by alf.branch, on Flickr


My first time for seeing a ground hopper and I could not get close at all on a local nature reserve



Common-ground-hopper by alf.branch, on Flickr


Springtails again


Katiannidae by alf.branch, on Flickr


I cut the laurel leaf from teh bush and here it is upside down with the feeding point filling with sap


Katiannidae-on-Laurel by alf.branch, on Flickr


A new one for me again on the bin



Sminthurus viridis by alf.branch, on Flickr


What I think is a tiny wasp at maybe 3mm on the other bin



Posssible Ormyrus pomaceus by alf.branch, on Flickr

 

[Harvestman]

Wonderful images Alf. I can confirm that the last shot is a tiny wasp, definitely a Chalcid, though I have no clue which species. Your ID is as likely as any. Ditto the small spider in your previous set, which looks like a juvenile money spider. The big black beetle in that set is Nebria brevicollis. Finally, that groundhopper shot is amazing, and it is the common groundhopper Tetrix undulata.

Oh. Just saw your own labels. Well it is nice to confirm. the woodlouse is Porcellio scaber again.

 

[Harvestman]

A few non-invert ones from me

Water vole with apple

A sadly deceased bat (cat kill)

And a few inverts (because I had to)

Sialis lutaria, an alderfly

Tomocerus minor, my first decent springtail picture

A caterpillar of the Drinker moth

and a tiny blue weevil, probably Perapion violaceum

 

[brancho]

Thanks for confirming some of my ID's Mike and I see Frans gave you an ID for that Springtail. There are some nice shots in that lot.

A shot I took the other day I cropped this quite a bit after messing up the framing in camera

Fly-portrait by alf.branch, on Flickr

 

[brancho]

Here some recent shots



This spider is in my front garden and was just wrapping a hover fly I think it is.


​ ​ Wrapping-dinner by alf.branch, on Flickr


Here is it again after it finished


On-the-web by alf.branch, on Flickr


This one is away from the garden in my dog walk area


Spider-waiting by alf.branch, on Flickr


This one was building or rebuilding its web again in my dog walk area


Weaving-a-web by alf.branch, on Flickr


Another in the dog walk area



Web-repairs by alf.branch, on Flickr


This wasp was in the back garden on our gooseberry bush it was covered in wasps as was my laurel hedge


Wasp-on-gooseberry by alf.branch, on Flickr

 

[brancho]

These are al shots from last year but I processed the second one again today



This is before it change



Small-and-hoppy-4 by alf.branch, on Flickr


During it changing (newly processed version)


Leaf hopper Emerging by alf.branch, on Flickr



This is what it turns into



cicadella-viridis by alf.branch, on Flickr



Waving-leaf-hopper by alf.branch, on Flickr

 

[Harvestman]

Here some recent shots



This spider is in my front garden and was just wrapping a hover fly I think it is.


​ ​ Wrapping-dinner by alf.branch, on Flickr


Here is it again after it finished


On-the-web by alf.branch, on Flickr


This one is away from the garden in my dog walk area


Spider-waiting by alf.branch, on Flickr


This one was building or rebuilding its web again in my dog walk area


Weaving-a-web by alf.branch, on Flickr


Another in the dog walk area



Web-repairs by alf.branch, on Flickr


This wasp was in the back garden on our gooseberry bush it was covered in wasps as was my laurel hedge


Wasp-on-gooseberry by alf.branch, on Flickr

Great collection of spiders there. First two, and the last one, are common garden spiders, Araneus diadematus. Third on is Common marsh orbweaver Larinioides cornutus, and the fourth is Agalenatea redii.

 

[Harvestman]

Not sharp, but I'm still pretty pleased with this pseudoscorpion, Cthonius orthodactylus.

And this is a hazel leaf roller weevil, Apoderus coryli.

 

[brancho]

Great collection of spiders there. First two, and the last one, are common garden spiders, Araneus diadematus. Third on is Common marsh orbweaver Larinioides cornutus, and the fourth is Agalenatea redii.

Thanks for the ID on Agalenatea redii I had the others from other sources.

Those two shot are good Mike but the pseudoscorpion is well done without flash I would like to find one of those.

A well diffused flash would really make your macro shots take that step towards sharp images with realitive ease (remember the term is relative) not that it is ever easy.