Bugs, bees and beasties- Bio-diversity matters

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

katie, your doing well on that 60 pound kodak jobby!

 

SLR's are the dream machines though!

 

canon 100mm macro lens is world renowned, ooooohhhhhh yes indeedy, I had to sell mine some time ago, but shall have another!

[Kat1e]

Thanks, yes I'd love one if I had the money...

 

A couple more pics from today.

[armchairarborist]

had one of these harmless thingys(forgot its name) getting interested in a freshly felled larch stem, last saw one two years ago on freshly cut scots pine. both times the creature was intent on sticking its thingy in the timber..

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Its "thingy" being its ovipositer!

[David Humphries]

Spotted this Lime Hawk moth this morning - Mimas tiliae

suprisingly enough, on a......Lime

 

 

Not at all rare

 

 

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[raafbeard]

Beautiful!!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

this is the eyed Hawk moth-Smerinthus ocellata found on a Prunus padus

 

 

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

And the Dor beetle Geotrupes stercorarius.

 

beetles like this may dissapear if continuity of grazing is not maintained, there is a danger that as different regimes are imposed on our important sites that we remove an important part of the life cycle of many seemingly insignificant organisms.

[Amelanchier]

this is the eyed Hawk moth-Smerinthus ocellata found on a Prunus padus

 

Amazing beast. Great shot and top find in the daytime. Nice one!

[Bundle 2]

Terrific images in this here thread....Really makes for a good thread.

I get to see these images on 37" HD screen. believe me!