Communal Dragonfly, Butterfly and Insect photo thread

[Harold Gough]

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A striped millipede

Ommatoiulus sabulosus a species i have not seen

Harold

[wornish]

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Little Bee in Flight

Very big crop.

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[Harold Gough]

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Little Bee in Flight

Very big crop.

One of the Cuckoo Bees.

Harold

[David M]

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Ommatoiulus sabulosus a species i have not seen

Harold

A new one for me also.

[bredman]

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Two more,


Yet Another Back Lit Anthocharis Cardamines, on Flickr

And Another Back Lit Anthocharis Cardamines, on Flickr

[Harold Gough]

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Two more,

I like both butterflies but find the background on the first too distracting.

Harold

[wornish]

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A Relative from Cheshire

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[art frames]

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A lovely day so went out looking for hairy dragonflies. several were about at tree top level - but only this one was cooperative.


Hairy Dragonfly - Brachytron pratense by Peter Willmott, on Flickr

Spent some time trying to find a damselfly which was in a photogenic mood...


Damselfly by Peter Willmott, on Flickr

And then came across a female 'homage to Bredman' butterfly.


Orange tip - Anthocharis cardamines by Peter Willmott, on Flickr

She took a bit of organising, initially she could not get the hang of the pose.


Orange tip - Anthocharis cardamines by Peter Willmott, on Flickr

I sent her back your way Pete ...

[wornish]

Re: Communal Dragonfly, Butterfly and Insect photo thread

They come in all colours.

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[Harold Gough]

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They come in all colours.

Dave,

Nice image. Large White female?

Harold

[alfbranch]

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Here are some shots from Friday on a nature reserve. This is a spider with what I think is a parasitic wasp larvae on it.


Parasite on spider1- by Alf Branch, on Flickr


Parasite on spider2- by Alf Branch, on Flickr


Parasite on spider3- by Alf Branch, on Flickr

[Harold Gough]

Re: Communal Dragonfly, Butterfly and Insect photo thread

Here are some shots from Friday on a nature reserve. This is a spider with what I think is a parasitic wasp larvae on it.

Alf,

An excellent set.

I believe this is the larva of an ichneunonid, subfamily Pimplinae. It seems that the parasite may manipulate host behaviour.

http://jeb.biologists.org/content/218/15/2326

Harold

[Harold Gough]

Re: Communal Dragonfly, Butterfly and Insect photo thread

A Large Dipteran Fly by Daylight

I'm not sure what kind of fly this is. Other images show wing venation a bit better. I cannot see a false vein but cannot discount its presence. So it could be one of the larger hoverflies. It was of about the size of a large Flesh Fly.

Anyway, it was on a leaf at ground level and remained mostly static for several minutes.

The first was 1/80 second at f10, the others 1/60 at f13. Olympus EM-1, aperture priority, Olympus 4/3 x2 TC, Olympus 4/3 50mm f2, hand-held. I was semi-prone on the ground.

The flattened appearance of the eyes appears in some images and not in others. Observing it through the viewfinder shows it not to be a simple matter of the plane of focus.

Harold

[wornish]

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The detail capture of the eye is amazing. I have been trying to get that but without success they keep flying away.

[alfbranch]

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Alf,

An excellent set.

I believe this is the larva of an ichneunonid, subfamily Pimplinae. It seems that the parasite may manipulate host behaviour.

http://jeb.biologists.org/content/218/15/2326

Harold

Thats what I was thinking (I have heard of it before)
Here is a previous shot of an earlier stage this was suggested as Polysphincta tuberosa

Spider with possible parasite by Alf Branch, on Flickr