Insect Photographs

[sunsetter]

Common blue seen on the Purbecks 11/8/2010

[sunsetter]

Seen down by the river recently

[Louby]

Perwetty flutterby Sunsetter, I saw one in the garden a couple of weeks ago, just sat on the Buddleia, stupidly I just stood there and watched it for about 5 minutes before I thought of getting my camera, as soon as I got back out there the little bugger had fluttered on

[Claudia]

Perwetty flutterby Sunsetter, I saw one in the garden a couple of weeks ago, just sat on the Buddleia, stupidly I just stood there and watched it for about 5 minutes before I thought of getting my camera, as soon as I got back out there the little bugger had fluttered on

LOL I do that but then I kick myself for not having just done it in the first place and the worst part is I never seem to learn my lesson !

[coldfingers]

Seen down by the river recently

That is one of the most superb photos of a dragonfly I have seen for a long time. The lighting and clarity are really brilliant, how well it shows the beautiful sheen on these lovely creatures. Lots of congratulations to you sunsetter.

Edited August 29, 2010 by coldfingers

[knocker]

Buff-Tip caterpillar. Sorry about the focus, they were moving plus no tripod.

Edited September 7, 2010 by weather ship

[Sprites]

1-female Banded Damoiselle

2-Ruddy Darter

dragonfly on my hand

3-Burnet moths

4-Migrant Hawker

5-Female Broad Bodied chaser

all pics taken with Viewty phone

Edited April 26, 2011 by Sprites

[knocker]

Mint bee.

[Sprites]

Mint bee.

good photos here, its a hoverfly btw. they are good bee mimics!

[knocker]

good photos here, its a hoverfly btw. they are good bee mimics!

I stand corrected Sprites. Cheers.

[frogesque]

Open to correction but I belive this is a male Ruddy Darter dragonfly.

Rested beside the garden pond while I was having a cuppa in the sunshine today

[Fozfoster]

Got some of them by our pond too. Great picture

[MarkQPR]

My favourite insect shots of 2011

...then you fold the leaf lengthways, like this... by MarkQPR, on Flickr

anthocharis cardamines - male by MarkQPR, on Flickr

[Purplepixii]

Ok here are a few of my insect photo's

Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans form "infuscans-obseleta") (female) eating midge caught by my pond on 22/07/10

Female Southern Hawker Dragonfly (Aeshna cyanea) ovipositing by garden pond on 19/09/10

Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) by my pond on 02/06/10 plus Common Frog (Rana temporaria) tadpole & Mosquito larvae

Common Blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus)

Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) Spiderlings (My garden, May 2011)

Mature Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus)

[Manchester_Sunset]

There seems to be a lot of ladybirds about now!

[Methuselah]

There seems to be a lot of ladybirds about now!

Aye, they're crawling up the plants, in their hundreds...

[in the vale]

https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/15790-/

This isn't a photo of insects, but how much work they do when we're not looking....You only ever see this when the sun is at a very specific angle, and then it's amazing. At any other time of the day you can't even see it as you are walking though it.

[Sprites]

common bluue butterflies mating last summer

[Sprites]

i didnt see any Large red damselflies last year, but here is a large red damselfly taken this may.

Edited June 3, 2012 by Sprites

[Stuie]

Some very nice photo`s here. Here is an effort I was really happy with earlier this year. Currently a member of Ephotozine.

[paddyotoole12]

Lovely pictures... They are showing the true colours of nature.

[Sprites]

tortoiseshell taken in town yesterday

[Snowangel-MK]

Some of the wonderful butterflies at Buckfast (www.ottersandbutterflies.co.uk) 

 

 

 

 

 

[Coast]

Sunning itself yesterday on my garage, a bumble still enjoying the Autumn in late October:

 

[Tilly]

Common Blue butterfly I took a couple of months ago (one of my favourite pics so far) and a beauty of a spider in the garden.