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Communal Dragonfly, Butterfly and Insect photo thread
Re: Communal Dragonfly, Butterfly and Insect photo thread
I find it difficult to tell the differences between many of these lovely little blue butterflies. But these are everywhere.
Thanks for your help Harold.
That's a stunning image Peter, I'm not at all envious.
Was this taken on an organised trip or did you find the areas/subject yourself?
Your Panasonic bodies like like they're doing a good job for you.
Dave
Thank you Dave. It was on a Naturetrek trip to see butterflies in Croatia. Even though you are in a party you do find your own subjects and are often on your own wandering in amazing wild places. I look out for interesting insects as well as butterflies and I have a great time
Over the years on my own family holidays I have spent so long in quite wild places so I have found Owl Flies (especially in France), along with Mantids, stick insects and other (to me) exotic species. Usually in dry rocky meadows and hillsides.
I found this lovely insect, feisty and a bit threatening and about 3 inches long on the Croatia trip. It was hard to get a shot as it was fast. It was a wood boring beetle apparently, a longhorn sp not uncommon in Croatia. I took a few shots including as it flew away.
Re: Communal Dragonfly, Butterfly and Insect photo thread
And one more for the spider lovers.
This was a real beauty. The web was about 3 feet across and the spider was enormous. I have no idea of species but there were several owning the space, and they commanded respect (from me) ...not usually a phobia for me but I make exceptions.
This was a real beauty. The web was about 3 feet across and the spider was enormous. I have no idea of species but there were several owning the space, and they commanded respect (from me) ...not usually a phobia for me but I make exceptions.
Peter
Where was this?
It looks like Araneus angulata female
It was in the Velebit mountains in Croatia. I will do some googling and see if I can find a name and size details. Nobody on the trip was any help on spiders.
It was in the Velebit mountains in Croatia. I will do some googling and see if I can find a name and size details. Nobody on the trip was any help on spiders.
Wow thank you Alf, that helped.
I came across a 'croatianwildlife' tagged picture on instagram.
Text said: 1// Araneus angulatus female. A bit larger than Araneus diadematus, these spiders make astonishingly large webs, and in Croatia are known at the seaside. They're easy to notice, due to the fact that they sit in the middle of the web while waiting for prey. As much as they are quick and agile on their webs, they loose all their grace when having to walk on the floor.
The location was very close to the sea and it was just as described. Other websites put them as about an inch across the body, which feels about right.
I came across a 'croatianwildlife' tagged picture on instagram.
Text said: 1// Araneus angulatus female. A bit larger than Araneus diadematus, these spiders make astonishingly large webs, and in Croatia are known at the seaside. They're easy to notice, due to the fact that they sit in the middle of the web while waiting for prey. As much as they are quick and agile on their webs, they loose all their grace when having to walk on the floor.
The location was very close to the sea and it was just as described. Other websites put them as about an inch across the body, which feels about right.
So i can now tag my shot.
Thats what I came up with from my new book
Britains spiders a field guide
OMD E-M1ii MMF3 8-25 f4 Pro 40-150 f2.8 pro MC-14 12-40 pro 14-42 EZ 9-18 f4.0 -5.6 40 -150f4-f5.6 R Laowa 50mm f2.8 macro Sigma 105 f2.8 macro Holga 60mm plastic Holga pinhole lens lens and an OM2sp
I nice view does not mean a good photograph. My FLickr
Re: Communal Dragonfly, Butterfly and Insect photo thread
Meadow Grasshopper Male
Having posted images of a Bush Cricket as my first orthopteran of the year, I have another Chorthippus parallelus.
I was looking for a reappearance of the BC I had photographed the previous day when I noticed some movement in the jumbled vegetation near ground level on the rockery. On closer examination, I saw it was a male stridulating by rubbing its back legs together. By the time I returned with my camera, this time with a x2 TC behind the lens, it had stopped.
As can be seen in the images, it was very difficult to get a clear view of the subject, with many leaves and bits of dead grass stem to duck under. I managed to remove two or three of those.
This is another daylight set. Because of the time of day, the best position to shoot from would have cast a shadow over the grasshopper but it moved around enough to give some acceptable angles.
Note that the antennae are very short compared with a bush Cricket. This is a short-horned grasshopper, usually just referred to as a grasshopper. This is a species I expect to find in our garden.
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