Communal Dragonfly, Butterfly and Insect photo thread

[MJ224]

Small Copper

by Mark Johnson, on Flickr

[MJ224]

House Hornet


Aah, poor sod


Hornet in the home


A beautiful creature


Off to another world


RIP

Found dying on the carpet in house...:-)

by Mark Johnson, on Flickr

[wornish]

Excellent detail. These freak my wife out she suffers from serious anaphylactic shock if stung by a bee.

[Harold Gough]

A snorenet!

Nice details.

Harold

[MJ224]

Party time at the Buttercup Pub

by Mark Johnson, on Flickr

[alfbranch]

That's even more than my shot

[MJ224]

Was a very good party...:-))

[Harold Gough]

Itchy & Scratchy: Browntail Moth Larva

My wife called to me to go out into the garden. This usually means she wants me to do something far less important than what I am doing.

Occasionally, it means she has found something that is likely to be of interest to me, as was the care this afternoon.

She pointed out a caterpillar descending vertically down the wall of our house. It was motionless at that time. Its position was very unhelpful for photography. There were heavy tables, covered with potted plants, between me and the wall. My views of the larva were limited. Eventually, I picked it up (not the best idea in this case*) and put it on a black rubber gardening glove on our lawn.

The harsh sunshine was far from ideal and I have done a lot to moderate it digitally.

It is decades since I last saw this species.

* https://butterfly-conservation.org/moths/brown-tail

Olympus EM-1 (aperture priority), Olympus 4/3 x2 TC, Olympus 4/3 50mm f2 macro, f8, hand-held.

The stereo is crosseye.

[alfbranch]

Here is a wasp I spotted capping a hole in our house wall that will have at least one egg in

Possible Eumeninae SP. but I would welcome an ID





Wasp capping off 1 by Alf Branch, on Flickr




Wasp capping off 2 by Alf Branch, on Flickr




Wasp capping off 3 by Alf Branch, on Flickr

[art frames]

My first trip to a forest in quite some time. My first Beautiful Demoiselle of 2020. I find them so well named...

[wornish]

So delicate. Great capture.

[Pete W]

Male Banded Demoiselle

[MJ224]

Both demoiselles are beautiful photos'...cracking photos....

[MJ224]

Small Tortoiseshell

by Mark Johnson, on Flickr

[Harold Gough]

Nemophora Longhorn Moth

This was in my garden in May 2019. This does not seem to fit the species I can find images of. I think it is a female Early Longhorn, N. cuprella which has lost most of its scales.

Olympus EM-1 (aperture priority), Olympus 4/3 x2 TC, Olympus 4/3 50mm f2 macro, f9, hand-held.

The stereo is crosseye.
Harold

[MJ224]

Orange Underwing

I could be corrected on this one

by Mark Johnson, on Flickr

[MJ224]

Yellow Tail on a dog rose

Corrected thanks to Harold

by Mark Johnson, on Flickr

[Harold Gough]

Yellowtail Moth.

Harold

[MJ224]

Thanks Harold...:-))

[Harold Gough]

Orange Underwing

I could be corrected on this one

I think so, but it is extremely variable.

Harold

[Pete W]

Red Eye Damselfly