Wildlife pictures

[Harvestman]

I took about 20 shots of that blasted spider, but the angle meant I only ever got a small bit in focus. If I had the skill and the technology to layer up my images I'd have something pretty special, and more importantly I would probably be able to tell exactly which of the two species it is (the common one or the rare one that I hope and suspect that it is).

I'm pretty pleased with the bee shot though.

 

[Harvestman]

Here's one of everyone's favourite insect: the cleg fly . This one posed for pictures on the roof of my car. Isn't it cute?

Oh alright, here's a pretty butterfly instead. A speckled wood. Happy now?

A heron. Great if you are a birder, less good if you are a fishery manager.

For the voyeurs among us, here are two six-spot burnet moths doing what comes naturally.

Somebody's little baby. A common green grasshopper nymph.

A fair damsel (although actually this one is a chap)

Some wood ants

A couple of tufties

And a bee

 

[Niels]

The burnet moths are a cool picture!

 

[daveO]

Nice job on the moths, I spent ages chasing a Cinnabar moth around the garden trying to get a pic and failing

Managed to get a half decent pic of a butterfly licking a thistle though. Love the eyes

 

[Harvestman]

Huh, not such a nice job on the moths. Photo is okay, but it seems that I can't count. They are five spot burnets, not six spots

I just assumed six spots as it is the commonest species.

Love your butterfly by the way Dave.

 

[wattsy]

Your butterfly is a Green-Veined White Dave

Nice little Clouded Yellow


Bit closer


Anyone tell me what these little chaps are? We've had a lot of birds in the garden over the winter and we must have had a nest somewhere local I found these fledgelings in the garden
Blue Tit?


Don't know this one

 

[blacktimberwolf]

You've got Great Tits Wattsy

 

[daveO]

You've got Great Tits Wattsy

lol

anyway... while we're playing guess the chick, does anyone know what this fella is? I suspect Robin but there was no sign of the adults. There were 3 of them sat in the middle of the road on my way home from work. I had to stop the car and usher them into the verge so I could get past. They looked quite grumpy about it all.

 

[daveO]

Found a moth pretending to be a butterfly when I was putting the bins out this morning. Tricky ID but I'll guess Cinnabar since there's been a few around this week.

 

[Harvestman]

Yes, that is a cinnabar, and an excellent picture too. I haven't seen one yet this year.

 

[mountainm]

I believe this little fella is a hedge rustic

 

[greensurfingbear]

Caught this wee fella today while shifting some old rotten timbers

Orric

 

[Passer]

lol

anyway... while we're playing guess the chick, does anyone know what this fella is? I suspect Robin but there was no sign of the adults. There were 3 of them sat in the middle of the road on my way home from work. I had to stop the car and usher them into the verge so I could get past. They looked quite grumpy about it all.

Yep, the`re robins. I`m sure the parents will be feeding them still, hopefully they`ll be fully fledged in the next couple of days.
Tony

 

[Harvestman]

Mountainm, Greensurfingbear, those are lovely pictures. I'll take your word for it on the moth, and I'm jealous of the lizard because it is a long time since I saw a lizard.

By the way, isn't a hedge rustic a description of one or two on the forum? Probably including me.

 

[Paul72]

Zebra spider on a tarp in my garden...

 

[Harvestman]

Pretty beastie!

 

[Paul72]

Pretty beastie!

Yeah they're kinda cute in the way they move around to look at you!

 

[Harvestman]

They can see you just as well as you can see them, within a foot or two. Colour vision, and they see polarised light as well.

 

[brancho]

Here is a hover fly I took yesterday.


Hover fly by alf.branch, on Flickr

 

[Harvestman]

Wow! What a picture!

Looks like a Syrphus, probably S. ribesii.