Wildlife pictures

[Harvestman]

And like you, I am no longer young.

Yes we are.

Tell that to my joints.

 

[brancho]

I shot this Crane Fly thinking these were eggs but when viewing the shots at home they seem to be mites of some sort. It has also lost 3 legs.


Crane-fly by alf.branch, on Flick

 

[Harvestman]

I shot this Crane Fly thinking these were eggs but when viewing the shots at home they seem to be mites of some sort. It has also lost 3 legs.


Crane-fly by alf.branch, on Flick

It's a tough life being a cranefly!

The mites are probably taking advantage of its weakened state from the damage in losing legs. they feed by piecing membranes at the joints and taking fluids, which weakens the insect further.

 

[brancho]

I took the dog for a walk and the camera went too. I missed some shots due to nosy dog though. All natural light light handheld. Any ID would be nice.


Here is what I got.


This beetle has a big job on.


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Beetle-eating-leaf by alf.branch, on Flickr


Not as sharp as I would like.
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Fly-on-flower-1 by alf.branch, on Flickr


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Fly-on-leaf by alf.branch, on Flickr


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Fly-on-leaf-2 by alf.branch, on Flickr


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Fly-on-leaf-3 by alf.branch, on Flic

 

[brancho]

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Fly-on-leaf-4 by alf.branch, on Flickr


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Snipe-fly by alf.branch, on Flickr


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Spider by alf.branch, on Flickr


9Lace-wing by alf.branch, on Flickr


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Fly-on-flower-2 by alf.branch, on Flickr

 

[Harvestman]

Those are superb! I love the eyes on the spider.

 

[brancho]

Those are superb! I love the eyes on the spider.

Thanks mate and I like those eyes too.

 

[brancho]

More from my walk on Friday

Spider-2 by alf.branch, on Flickr

Mating-flies by alf.branch, on Flickr

Spider-3 by alf.branch, on Flickr

Fly-on-flower-3 by alf.branch, on Flickr

 

[Harvestman]

More wonderful pictures. I can say that the spider is a juvenile Araniella, generally known as cucumber spiders.

 

[brancho]

Some from me macro again

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Male-Scorpion-fly by alf.branch, on Flickr


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Femal-scorpion-fly by alf.branch, on Flickr


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Beetle-eating-dinner by alf.branch, on Flickr


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Beetle-on-fence by alf.branch, on Flickr


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Clouded-border-moth by alf.branch, on Flickr


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Fly-on-post by alf.branch, on Flickr

 

[brancho]

7 Moth to ID
P6010314 by alf.branch, on Flickr


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Spider-1 by alf.branch, on Flickr




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Spider-2 by alf.branch, on Flickr


10 again what is this
Unkown-1 by alf.branch, on Flickr


11 I was struggling to get this sharp
Weevil-possibly by alf.branch, on Flickr

 

[CallsignSam]

Stunning photos as usual Alf!

 

[Harvestman]

Right, the moth is an Angle Shades. The spider, assuming it is the same specimen in both shots, is Tetragnatha montana (the second one certainly is, no way to be sure about the first). After the spider is a sawfly that I won't be able to identify further on account of knowing nothing about sawflies, and the last is a short-nosed weevil, again no more I can tell you.

Deeply envious of your pictures though.

 

[brancho]

Stunning photos as usual Alf!

Thanks mate.

Right, the moth is an Angle Shades. The spider, assuming it is the same specimen in both shots, is Tetragnatha montana (the second one certainly is, no way to be sure about the first). After the spider is a sawfly that I won't be able to identify further on account of knowing nothing about sawflies, and the last is a short-nosed weevil, again no more I can tell you.

Deeply envious of your pictures though.

Thanks for the info Mike.
Those are 2 seperate spiders.

My PC has packed so no more pics for a little while.





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[brancho]

Here are some recent shots.


This fly jumped on its lunch right in front of me. I just wish I got more Dof


Fly-with-lunch by alf.branch, on Flickr


I am not sure what this is.


Insect-1 by alf.branch, on Flickr


what do you think?

 

[brancho]

Here are some more shots from my dog walks.


Hover-fly-1 by alf.branch, on Flickr


Leucozona-lucorum by alf.branch, on Flickr


I thought this may a Mirrid bug. It was a struggle to shoot for sure.


Possible-Mirid-bug by alf.branch, on Flickr


And a spider waiting



Spider-in-its-lair by alf.branch, on Flickr

 

[Qwerty]

Came around a bend in the track to see this guy/girl sitting very happily and in no hurry to move. For all the deer, squirrels etc. I do see, it's rare for me to come across an Irish hare.

 

[brancho]

Here are some jumping spider shots I took last week. They were on my house wall and front step.



Jumping-spider-1 by alf.branch, on Flickr


Jumping-spider-2 by alf.branch, on Flickr


Jumping-spider-3 by alf.branch, on Flickr


Jumping-spider-4 by alf.branch, on Flickr