Macro Photo thread
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Jenx said:
Ben, where was this taken? In the UK or no?
It's really interesting in that the top part of the wings look like a Red Admiral but the lower half (red patch with black and white circles) are all wrong.
Jenx
Taken near the bottom of New Zealand, a long way from the UK! Its a native NZ Red Admiral, which looks similar to the European one but apparently is a different species.It's really interesting in that the top part of the wings look like a Red Admiral but the lower half (red patch with black and white circles) are all wrong.
Jenx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_red_admir...
Hungry?
Slater being eaten by ants by gravelben, on Flickr
Slater being eaten by ants by gravelben, on Flickr
Slater being eaten by ants by gravelben, on FlickrSlater being eaten by ants by gravelben, on Flickr
GravelBen said:
Cheers 
Single shot (I haven't learnt how to focus stack yet) - it was at night and illuminated with a fairly bright LED torch as well as using the flash for the photo, so it may have been dazzled by the light.
At night eh?Single shot (I haven't learnt how to focus stack yet) - it was at night and illuminated with a fairly bright LED torch as well as using the flash for the photo, so it may have been dazzled by the light.
Well then hitting that focus and DoF is even more impressive!
I spend an inordinate amount of time photographing springtails but sometimes it pays of. Captured one today cleaning itself with a fluid droplet:
More Springtail Ablutions by Ed Phillips 01, on Flickr
Well, it excited me anyway!
More Springtail Ablutions by Ed Phillips 01, on FlickrWell, it excited me anyway!
Ed_P said:
I spend an inordinate amount of time photographing springtails but sometimes it pays of. Captured one today cleaning itself with a fluid droplet:
More Springtail Ablutions by Ed Phillips 01, on Flickr
Well, it excited me anyway!
Nice, Ed! We're entering macro season again. More Springtail Ablutions by Ed Phillips 01, on FlickrWell, it excited me anyway!
DibblyDobbler said:
RobbieKB said:
Nice, Ed! We're entering macro season again.
+1 
IMG_4723 by jimmyb156, on Flickr
IMG_4731 by jimmyb156, on Flickr
IMG_4725 by jimmyb156, on FlickrCan anyone I.D This bee. He/she was behaving quite differently from the others, moving slowly and staying on the same flower for ages.
IMG_4757 by jimmyb156, on Flickr
IMG_4765 by jimmyb156, on Flickr
IMG_4791 by jimmyb156, on FlickrI though bee's only ate pollen or nectar, this one appear to be eating an insect. I thought only wasps were carniverous? any entomologists care to comment?
IMG_4790 by jimmyb156, on Flickrjimmy156 said:
We are getting there! Bit cold and windy today. Managed a few keepers though, nothing spectacular mind...
Can anyone I.D This bee. He/she was behaving quite differently from the others, moving slowly and staying on the same flower for ages.
IMG_4765 by jimmyb156, on Flickr
I though bee's only ate pollen or nectar, this one appear to be eating an insect. I thought only wasps were carniverous? any entomologists care to comment?
IMG_4790 by jimmyb156, on Flickr
Looks like the Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipes). And yes, bees do only eat pollen and nectar; it's part of its mandibles that you can see there. Can anyone I.D This bee. He/she was behaving quite differently from the others, moving slowly and staying on the same flower for ages.
IMG_4765 by jimmyb156, on FlickrI though bee's only ate pollen or nectar, this one appear to be eating an insect. I thought only wasps were carniverous? any entomologists care to comment?
IMG_4790 by jimmyb156, on Flickr
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