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  1. Paul Iddon

    The mystery in the night

    It's the mystery of the night which can yield a good photo - and here are 3 OK pictures of a tachnid (?) fly, a barkfly and an ant - but it's when you get the photo that really pleases - like the fourth in this set of a hoverfly larva finishing of the remains of an aphid meal... Paul.
  2. Asher Kelman

    Late wasp

    Yes, you are spot on! The last inage definitely will enhance our “Yellow” collection too! It’s beautiful! Asher
  3. Paul Iddon

    In pursuit of a ladybird...

    Sometimes I go to silly lengths, lol... Paul.
  4. Paul Iddon

    I spy... With my hairy eye...

    Something beginning with FLY... :LOL: Paul.
  5. Paul Iddon

    Dinner for the Leiobunum blackwalli...

    Harvestmen are good eaters, and this male has got a lot to eat! The male has a red-brown, round body with a white ring around the eyes. L. blackwalli has been recorded feeding on a wide range of invertebrates including bugs, lepidoptera, diptera, millipedes, other harvestmen, earthworms and...
  6. Paul Iddon

    Need warmth...

    I'm still looking for a place to keep warm this winter.... Paul.
  7. Paul Iddon

    False widow spider and wet wings...

    I am delighted to say I have tonight counted 8 (eight!) different Steatoda bipunctata on the fence panels tonight - I assume all from the same parent & her clutch of eggs which I found earlier this year. Here too are a couple of rather wet subjects - the night time dew and rain on them is...
  8. Paul Iddon

    Taking off

    Ladybirds are so difficult, but this little lady gave me a few repeat performances! I couldn't decide which I looked best - so they are here in a sequence of 3, and then 2 and 2 and 2 more. Paul.
  9. Paul Iddon

    Night pics

    11pm... Paul.
  10. Paul Iddon

    You put just one foot wrong...

    You put just one foot wrong... Amaurobius sp. versus the Opilione... and there is only one winner... Paul.
  11. Paul Iddon

    15mm wide angle macro lens Walkabout photo's (lots of them)...

    While waiting for the car to (fail) it's MOT (until the fix tomorrow when it will pass! (just some welding, nothing too expensive))... I had an hour walking around the nearby Avenham & Miller parks area by the River Ribble in Preston, and took only the LOAWA 15mm wide angle macro lens with me...
  12. Paul Iddon

    Earwig

    Great bug subjects, though they do rank among my least favourite to handle! Paul.
  13. Paul Iddon

    Friday night's jaunt

    A quick look in the garden area... Paul.
  14. Paul Iddon

    Come for sex, or just a chat...

    I think they are both the same sex, so a chat it was... :) Paul.
  15. Paul Iddon

    Harvestman

    This is a harvestman - they have 8 legs (usually) but this one has only seven - though it will survive just as well as any other despite losing a leg... It is either Phalangium opilio, or the red harvestman Opilio canestrinii. Paul.
  16. Paul Iddon

    When is a stick not a stick?

    When is a stick not a stick? When it is Ectropis crepuscularia... Known with the common name as The Engrailed moth. So here are 2 sticks - then..... A living stick! cont...
  17. Paul Iddon

    Eulophus wasp parasitoids photos and video

    I found these on a caterpillar. Nature being nature, I doubt this one will pupate... YouTube Video << Paul.
  18. Paul Iddon

    The same ladybird? Possibly...

    This is probably the same ladybird that I found the other night - I can't be sure, but it's a distinct possibility. I'm wondering today though, if it is a female, or not... There are a few subtle differences to distinguish between a male and female ladybird (not counting the obvious) - which...
  19. Paul Iddon

    Cicadella

    Cicadella viridis is a relatively large (length 6-9mm - though this one was around 6mm) and distinctive species, with yellow on the head and pronotum (first thoracic segment) contrasting with the blue-green colour of the rest of the body. Perhaps this one is immature - there is not much blueness...
  20. Paul Iddon

    Lady of the night - with video intro!

    There's no reason as to why a ladybird should have appeared in the darkness of my garden this late in September - but none the less, there she was, as I was out looking for spiders... Just to set the scene - after finding her and taking the first photos where I spotted her - the resulting...
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