Surely they are competiton winning pictures @wild edges ... ?
It's like it's been dipped in gold. Quite amazing!
Little Alien. Picture of the year, I would say.
Thanks for the ego stroking I was very pleased with those photos and my nighttime photography is slowly improving. That one was a tiny wasp and I had to crop the photo by about 50% but this one was about 10x the size and no cropping needed. It flicked the one antennae out of frame just as I took the photo though.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Chevron moth from last night. Just posting it for its funny nose.
and I thought I'd finally found a mint moth but it turned out to be a golden triangle moth. Notice the orange mite on the wing just above the lower gold spot.
and I didn't know yellow dung flies were predatory but apparently they are.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
My recently planted (and in flower) Astrantia have attracted a rather rare visitor today. That Trichodes apiarius was having his lunch and enjoying it for quite some time...
My Trichodes apiarius "in residence" seems to have established its home on my astrantia. It has been roaming over its flowers for 3 days in a row now! Last night we had an impressive stormy shower of rain, which I thought would deter the little critter. But no way, it's still there. Never witnessed such obstinacy before.
I looked these beetles up to see if we get them here (we don't) but the guides say you should only really see them in late spring. I wonder if the guides are wrong or if the weird weather has upset their seasonal rhythm?
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
This is an interesting article on various levels. It talks about reintroduction of endangered insects and its perils. And caterpillars that contain parasitic wasps that contain parasitic wasps and parastic bacteria inside them, like Russian dolls. Butterfly species that cannot fly far are in greater danger of extinction as they cannot migrate as areas change. Islands are interesting to study this patterning.
Who knew that nettle tap moths has such hilariously wiggly tongues.
Anyone good with flies? I think this is one of the dagger flies but can't find a match and this seems like the wrong time of year to see them anyway. Very long mouth parts and a long, thin, pointy tail. Apparently lady dagger flies won't have sex with male dagger flies unless the male brings them a present first. It's either romance or prostitution depending on your view of the world.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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