Wildlife pictures

[brancho]

Nice house spider shot Mike

I was hunting for Collembola on my garden waste wheelie bin when I lifted the lid to find this guy. Does that make it a bin spider



Spider-1 by alf.branch, on Flickr


Spider-2 by alf.branch, on Flickr


Spider-3 by alf.branch, on Flickr


Spider-4 by alf.branch, on Flickr

 

[Harvestman]

Your bin spider is an immature male Linyphia sp, possibly L. montana. Lovely details in these shots.

 

[Goatboy]

Much as I dislike spiders those are brilliant pictures.

 

[brancho]

Your bin spider is an immature male Linyphia sp, possibly L. montana. Lovely details in these shots.

Thanks Mike it has also bee suggested as male Zygiella x-notata.

Much as I dislike spiders those are brilliant pictures.

Thanks Goatboy

Here is what I was hunting for it is under 1mm long

Collembola by alf.branch, on Flickr

 

[Harvestman]

Thanks Mike it has also bee suggested as male Zygiella x-notata.

Well it certainly isn't that. Palps, abdomen markings and thoracic markings are all wrong, just for starters, before I start talking about leg spines and eye pattern. This is unquestionably a money spider, not an orb weaver.

 

[Goatboy]

Thanks Mike it has also bee suggested as male Zygiella x-notata.




Thanks Goatboy

Here is what I was hunting for it is under 1mm long

Collembola by alf.branch, on Flickr

Another stunner, it's a type of mite isn't it; you'll notice that I don't have a great deal of info on insects, the only ones I really had to learn to identify were ones harmful to Timber species.

 

[Harvestman]

That's a springtail, a primitive insect, Goatboy. Mites are arachnids, so like spiders they don't have antennae.

 

[brancho]

Well it certainly isn't that. Palps, abdomen markings and thoracic markings are all wrong, just for starters, before I start talking about leg spines and eye pattern. This is unquestionably a money spider, not an orb weaver.

Mike someone said to me they agree with you but it has been moved from Lyniphia to Neriene.

http://srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal/p/Summary/s/Neriene+montana

 

[Goatboy]

That's a springtail, a primitive insect, Goatboy. Mites are arachnids, so like spiders they don't have antennae.

I thought it was a springtail, but thought they were part of the mite family. Cheers for the info, I like to learn something new everyday. Most of the bug work I did was for IDing pests in forestry plantations to see what course of action to take. Though if we thought there was something rare we'd call in experts to make sure we weren't killing off rare/goodguys. I've obviously forgotten a lot I see.

 

[Harvestman]

Mike someone said to me they agree with you but it has been moved from Lyniphia to Neriene.

http://srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal/p/Summary/s/Neriene+montana

It has. It used to be called Linyphia (Neriene) montana, and the taxonomic position was uncertain, so I was keeping it simple. Glad someone agrees with me.

 

[brancho]

I went on another short garden safari yesterday and got these


This is from an old birch log ender the bark



Springtail by alf.branch, on Flickr


from the same place but I did not spot the little one until it was on the PC



Springtail-2 by alf.branch, on Flickr


These were on the bin


Katiannidae by alf.branch, on Flickr


I cannot believe I was shooting at f5.6 for this.


Globby-11 by alf.branch, on Flickr

 

[Harvestman]

Those springtails are superb Alf.

 

[brancho]

Those springtails are superb Alf.

Thanks Mike

 

[Spearhead]

a little frog found camouflaging in a cave

 

[brancho]

Some of my first shots with my 3 tubes plus the Raynox DCR250 on the Sigma 105 with my Olympus OMD E-M1 now with my Nissin Di466 flash off camera.


I was not paying attention earlier in the day when I found a lot of subjects and shot at ISO 3200 with flash which not as detailed as they could have been.


Well I went out and mangaed to find some subjects in the time I had. With the extra magnification I am not cropping as much but I need to make a diffuser for the new flash position.


Dicyrtomina-saundersi by alf.branch, on Flickr


This one was moving slowly and seemed to be struggling I looked away for another subject to find it on its back


Climbing-the-hill by alf.branch, on Flickr


On-its-back-2 by alf.branch, on Flickr


Entomobrya multifasciata by alf.branch, on Flickrkr

 

[WoodGnome]

Blue Hawker (Aeshna cyanea)

url=https://flic.kr/p/g5DzcP]

[/url]IMGP0299 by DerWaldschrat1, on Flickr

 

[Pandabean]

Managed to get some bird shots last weekend. Starting to have a regular Dunnock family coming to the feeders.
Also starting to get Great and Blue Tits visiting as well for the first time.


Not the best quality images, as it is quite an old lens.

Dunnock by andy_mcdonaldphoto, on Flickr

Great Tit by andy_mcdonaldphoto, on Flickr

 

[Tony]

Guys, keep the coming, I love this thread, I've just looked at pictures I've seen a few times and they're still captivating....

 

[nic a char]

Lovely dunnock pic - out of interest what's the "old lens"? Pretty sharp...

 

[Pandabean]

Thanks. Its a Canon EF 75-300. One of the early versions (1991 according to Wiki) with no IS and very noisy and slow when focusing.
Not sure how sharp it really is, it struggled with the Great Tit quite a lot.

I do have a version 1 55-250 with IS but that was being used by my girlfriend.

Very tempted by the new Tamron 75-600mm lens.

Lovely dunnock pic - out of interest what's the "old lens"? Pretty sharp...