Communal Dragonfly, Butterfly and Insect photo thread

[alfbranch]

Re: Communal Dragonfly, Butterfly and Insect photo thread

Mint moth (Pyrausta aurata).

Andrew
What set up are you using?

[alfbranch]

Re: Communal Dragonfly, Butterfly and Insect photo thread

Some stuff from recent macro safaris


A large red eating a crane fly I geuss


Large red Damsel eating by Alf Branch, on Flickr


One of the blue ones eating a micro moth



Damsel eating by Alf Branch, on Flickr






This maybe does not show that well but this is a great diving beetle larvae attacking another smaller great diving beetl larvae. I spotted the comotion and though it was newt first.
Edited to correct the ID


Great diving beatle larva attack by Alf Branch, on Flickr


A mirco moth possibly Micropterix calthella



Micro moth by Alf Branch, on Flickr

[alfbranch]

Re: Communal Dragonfly, Butterfly and Insect photo thread

A rather small wasp



Tiny wasp by Alf Branch, on Flickr


An Ichneumonid wasp



Ichneumonid wasp by Alf Branch, on Flickr


No idea what this is



Unknown by Alf Branch, on Flickr

[Harold Gough]

Re: Communal Dragonfly, Butterfly and Insect photo thread

A
No idea what this is

A Bagworm.

Harold

[Harold Gough]

Re: Communal Dragonfly, Butterfly and Insect photo thread

Large Redeye Damselfly Erythromma najas Female

This year is 20 years after this species was first recorded in the UK. I did find a male:

https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1434357/#13592547

https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1434930/#13597180

I found a female last year but got only one usable image of it:

https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1551240/

I had quite a struggle to identify the female. The males, when immature (teneral), can also be yellow but they lack the antehumeral yellow stripes on the dorsal side (anterior) of the thorax.

This encounter gave me a selection of images and a (crosseye) stereo pair.

Olympus EM-1 (aperture priority), Olympus 4/3 x2 TC, Olympus 4/3 50mm f2 macro, 1/80 or 1/50 at f10 ISO 800, hand-held.

Harold

[alfbranch]

Re: Communal Dragonfly, Butterfly and Insect photo thread

A Bagworm.



Harold

Thanks for that Harold a tough thing to spot it initially I thought it looked like a grass seed. It didn't look right so I took some shots then I could see it was an invertebrate.

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[Beagletorque]

Re: Communal Dragonfly, Butterfly and Insect photo thread

Andrew
What set up are you using?

It's the Oshiro 60mm with extras and the STF-8 on an EM1 mk 1. It's cheap and the build quality is poor, but the result is OK.

[Harold Gough]

Re: Communal Dragonfly, Butterfly and Insect photo thread

Thanks for that Harold a tough thing to spot it initially I thought it looked like a grass seed. It didn't look right so I took some shots then I could see it was an invertebrate.

Alf,

I've done on or two the other way round: got a lovely set of what turned out to be a bit of detritus or plant exudate.

Harold

[alfbranch]

Re: Communal Dragonfly, Butterfly and Insect photo thread

It's the Oshiro 60mm with extras and the STF-8 on an EM1 mk 1. It's cheap and the build quality is poor, but the result is OK.

You have shown it before but now I have an M.zuiko 1.4X converter I try it with my zuiko 60 f2.8 using tubes

Update
My tubes will not fit over the tc

[alfbranch]

Re: Communal Dragonfly, Butterfly and Insect photo thread

Alf,



I've done on or two the other way round: got a lovely set of what turned out to be a bit of detritus or plant exudate.



Harold

I have done the same

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[Beagletorque]

Re: Communal Dragonfly, Butterfly and Insect photo thread

Nursery Web Spider - Pisaura mirabilis

[Harold Gough]

Re: Communal Dragonfly, Butterfly and Insect photo thread

Female Large Narcissus Fly Merodon equestris form narcissi

This one was resting on a blackcurrant leaf then drinking the dew.

Olympus EM-1 (aperture priority), Olympus 4/3 x2 TC, Olympus 4/3 50mm f2 macro, f11, hand-held.

Harold

[Beagletorque]

Re: Communal Dragonfly, Butterfly and Insect photo thread

Something else on the roses, not sure if it is the same thing....

About 10mm


About 15mm long

[alfbranch]

Re: Communal Dragonfly, Butterfly and Insect photo thread

Something else on the roses, not sure if it is the same thing....

About 10mm


About 15mm long

That looks like a hover fly larvae to me probably eats aphids

[MJ224]

Re: Communal Dragonfly, Butterfly and Insect photo thread

[CENTER]Mint moth (Pyrausta aurata).