Mini Beast Safari

[Ryewolf]

One of the great things about macro is you don't have to travel very far, plus you never know what you might see....

Most of these today are new ones for me - I think...

2 For 1 - the back end of a greenbottle fly - I probably wouldn't have posted this except I spotted the other bug on the underside of the oak leaf...

A small Green Shield Bug on a nettle leaf - less than a centimetre long... very well camouflaged...

A Hoverfly.... this was sat on a leaf on the ground - I almost stepped on it...

A Mystery one, flies/hoverflies don't have these long antenna, so assuming it's some sort of wasp, again on a nettle leaf... and very small

A Hairy caterpillar, which was wandering along a footpath, such gently nudged it onto a tissue and put it somewhere it wouldn't get stepped on. I didn't use my fingers as I know some of these hairy caterpillars can fire off those spines to deter predators...

Three for the price of One. The hoverfly on this thistle was also something new... I hadn't noticed the green bug on the right or even the teeny tiny titchy bug in the centre...

In case you still can't see the 3rd bug, this is a 1:1 crop... look to the centre, roughly 1/4 from the bottom of the image

[Clicker]

A very nice set Rye .... looks like a mozzie underneath the leaf !  Super colours on the greenbottle ...I almost could grow to like them..ugh

[Ryewolf]

Thanks Clicker, I do like photographing bugs, there's such a wide variety of ones that you might see. The last image is a good example I spotted it flying around and initially thought a wasp/bee as it was quite big. I think the green bug, in the same image, is some kind of Capsid/Mirid bug. If I had to guess, I think the tiny beetle is some kind of Rove Beetle....

[kev7d]

This lot has got my attention. Nice work.  

[Ryewolf]

Thanks Kev, these were taken on a local walk where I go bug hunting as it does tend to produce a wide variety of subjects.

[Phil]

Quality work there, sir! 

[Ryewolf]

Thanks Phil, I'm always amazed at what I find when bug hunting.

[Kobione]

Catching up here Rye - great set! I love bug hunting, but they are very scarce atm because of our cool weather - soon we'll see some, maybe!

[Ryewolf]

Thanks Kobione, we're now getting towards late summer, almost Autumn so bugs are starting to disappear...

[Paul]

Nice set - a couple of nice finds in there - the hover especially.

Paul.

[Ryewolf]

Thanks Paul... I've not been out bug hunting for a few weeks, the weather has been a bit hit and miss of late, plus as the evenings start to draw in I'm finding hard to get out for a few hours after finishing work...

[FUJI]

A really good variety there Geoff...

FUJI

[Rogerw]

Really nice set Rye , best one for me is number 6 , great shot.