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  1. Paul Iddon

    Mosquito...

    Culex sp. The mosquito has almost certainly emerged recently from out of my small garden pond where there are hundreds more water-borne larvae. Paul.
  2. Paul Iddon

    Dining out Harvestman

    I found this harvestman (Opilio canestrinii) feasting and seemingly loving every mouthful... Paul.
  3. Paul Iddon

    Caterpillars

    One around the geranium, the other on the leycesteria. Lacanobia oleracea - and Spilosoma lutea (bright-line brown-eye moth and the Buff Ermine moth). Paul.
  4. Paul Iddon

    Araneus diadematus

    The webs are built by the large females. At the tip of the abdomen there are three pairs of spinnerets, which secrete silk used to create the web. They usually face head down on the web. Orb Spiders are said to eat their webs each night along with many of the small insects stuck to it. They have...
  5. Paul Iddon

    Resting dronefly

    Close to the garden spider I also found a dronefly settling in for the night though as I got closer I disturbed it and it flew to find somewhere a little more peaceful ! Paul.
  6. Paul Iddon

    Night photos

    Just a few from tonight - the first actually flew in and landed on the chopping board, the others were on the rhubarb leaf and the old wooden bird table - both in their own dining areas! Paul.
  7. Paul Iddon

    Sawfly?

    I'm assuming a sawfly? It was on the soil below the zinnia's and didn't look too healthy, so I carefully popped it onto the flower, maybe that will help it, though I fear it's the wrong flower, and perhaps too late anyway... Paul.
  8. Paul Iddon

    Brockholes Nature Reserve and the 15mm macro lens

    I'm an ambassador just now, for LAOWA optics, and they kindly sent me their 15mm wide angle f/4 macro lens to play with - and it opens up a world of possibilities - designed to allow macro photography that capture scenes beyond into the landscape distance. Great fun but niche, here are some...
  9. Paul Iddon

    Dragonfly

    3 photo's of a reasonably less flittish dragon as we walked around the nature reserve... Paul.
  10. Paul Iddon

    Snout mite returned tonight...

    My snout mite made another appearance tonight. All these were taken at 2:1 full manual mode on the Venus 60mm, with flash set at EV1/128, ISO 100. It's a small mite, 1.5mm maybe, and they do like to be on the move most of the time. Images #5, #6, and #7 were 3 burst shots where the snout...
  11. Paul Iddon

    E.tenax

    Eristalis tenax (confirmed) - helping out the flowers... Paul.
  12. Paul Iddon

    What about a Grey Dagger moth caterpillar - and friends...?

    I found a cat on one of the shrubs today, and took a couple with my 15mm f/4 LAOWA wide angle lens as well as my usual plethora of 60mm Venus photos. And what turned out to be a more fascinating encounter became obvious as I went in closer and closer, eventually 2:1 and with a tube too... It had...
  13. Paul Iddon

    My apple... it said...

    It was a bit tiddly I think after a few minutes digging inside this little hole... Paul.
  14. Paul Iddon

    The Long Chase

    You gotta chase a millipede - because they don't half shift!!! Paul.
  15. Paul Iddon

    Ladybird & Fungi

    Just before going for a walk with Gillian and Rachel I got these ladybird photos, then we went down along the canal path, where en route I took these mushroom photos (Agaricomycetes, gilded mushrooms). All hand held or resting on the ground using the Venus 60mm lens. Paul.
  16. Paul Iddon

    Lacewing Nymph

    Found this today - a green lacewing nymph without it's camo housing yet - some taken on the bark of my apple tree and a couple on a leaf... Paul.
  17. Paul Iddon

    Did somebody say "Just Eat"?

    An opilione having a meal on a Smooth glass snail (Aegopinella nitidula?) Paul.
  18. Paul Iddon

    Buff Ermine moth caterpillar I think...

    Pretty sure it is... Take a look at the next too a little bit closer - see the bonus passenger? (I've cropped in further in the final image)... Paul.
  19. Paul Iddon

    When it's raining but you still want to take photos...

    Then you start to look for subjects and it's hard isn't it? Anyway - I managed to find 8 things. Enjoy. Bilbo Baggins Cat anatomy: Garlic: Rust and screw: Spider: Pansy: Tines: Key: Thanks for looking. Paul.
  20. Paul Iddon

    Nothing much as it's rainy and windy...

    Mirid bug Paul.
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