Any bug photos during August 2015

[deetheturk]

Okay Geoff, I will start this months thread with some Jumping Spiders! Note #1 and #4 have some missing parts


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[John 2]

Nice set David, 2 and 3 in particular stand out for me. 3 has a particularly interesting viewpoint.

[Geoff F]

Those jumpers are still looking good, David.

I have seen several of these bugs recently but have struggled to get a decent photo. Besides getting the right angle, when they don't want to be photographed, they have such reflective surfaces.

Licoris tripustulatus. The best I have managed so far.



The Peacock and Gatekeeper. Sounds like a title from a cheap novel doesn't it. Or maybe a typical English pub.

Anyway, they were sitting side by side so I took two shots with slightly different focus points and did a merge. Exposure was a bit of a compromise so a little bit of equalisation was needed during editing.

[IzzieK]

#1 and #4 lost each one of its bongos...wonder what they use those wriggles for? And #4 is missing a leg on the right...I like #3 a lot...for a different view...overview, shot from the top view...

Geoff I'd go for the pub title or maybe even one your Rent a Whore? You really did a good job with the merging of the two flutterbys...the peacock looks beautiful...

Did you notice that little bug by the leaf near the bottom frame?

[deetheturk]

Cheers John, thanks for commenting mate!

[deetheturk]

Cheers Geoff, lovely captures, the merge has worked well!

[deetheturk]

Thank's Izzie, very observant those wiggly things are palps, they use them for playing with their bongo's

[bnnrcn]

Very nice set David

Okay Geoff, I will start this months thread with some Jumping Spiders! Note #1 and #4 have some missing parts


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[bnnrcn]

Very nice butterflies Geoff

[Geoff F]

Thanks for the comments.

For anyone who is seeing this thread for the first time. Here is a link to the July Bug Photos:-

Any bug photos during July 2015

[Ziggy]

Great start for August David and Geoff.

[deetheturk]

Cheers Binnur, thanks for commenting

[deetheturk]

Cheers Jim!

[marlunn]

Great start with the jumpers, guess its war out there then David ! Got to go with #3 - great angle

Good Butterflies Geoff, I have pretty much given up on those bugs - no sense of co-operation with them

A few Hovers from today

Scaeva pyrastri


Eristalis tenax

[Geoff F]

Last shoot, a couple of days ago, produced quite an increase in Scaeva pyrastri for me. But Eristalis seem to be rather scarce now. A few E. tenax and the occasional arbustorum but pertinax and nemorum (previously interruptus) seem to be totally absent.

I went searching for my first sighting this year of the elusive Chrysotoxum elegans and did find a couple but on each occasion they were flitting about deep in the undergrowth; so no chance of a shot.

And yes, Izzie, I did spot that little Heterotoma planicoris bug on the edge of a leaf. In fact the little blighter twitched its antennae between shots so I had to do a bit of cloning before stacking. The easiest option would have been to clone it out altogether but I thought it added just a little extra touch.

[deetheturk]

Very nice Mark!

[deetheturk]

Fly Mix!


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[IzzieK]

All very nice but I like the close-up shot of #3 -- looks like alienesie...the shine on its back must be hard to get into play but that was perfect!...as usual the best pal...

Fly Mix!


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[Geoff F]

Here are a couple of second rate Weevil shots which I have uploaded elsewhere while asking for an identification check. However I thought they might be of some general interest.





The group kept moving around and I was getting some over exposure areas from the sunshine.

This individual was in shadow but even with under exposure I struggled to deal with its reflective surface. Those settings also produced a rather long shutter speed and plenty of shadow noise.

Incidentally, I'm suspecting they might be Hypera pollux but I'm not very experienced with weevils.

[bnnrcn]

Did you bribe #1 and #2 to pose for you David Very nice images.

Fly Mix!


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