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LordV
Registered: Jan 02, 2006
Total Posts: 25172
Country: United Kingdom

Some buggy shots from the garden.

Brian v.

plant bug about 5mm long sucking up some sugar/honey spray on a camelia leaf

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Bluebottle fly suction power

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Odd coloured woodlouse in the grass most of the ones I see are dark grey.

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Plant hopper about 3mm body length - not seen this one before.

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Rather plump hoverfly- think it's Didea sp.

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Chalcid wasp around 2.5mm long with mites

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Crop from above shot with more detail and 2 of the mites. The mites are about 0.15mm long

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Dalantech
Registered: Jan 31, 2005
Total Posts: 12308
Country: Italy

Wonderful set but I just can't get enough of those Chalcid Wasps!



LordV
Registered: Jan 02, 2006
Total Posts: 25172
Country: United Kingdom

Dalantech wrote:
Wonderful set but I just can't get enough of those Chalcid Wasps!


Thanks John
Hardest thing about shooting chalcid wasps is spotting them in the first place - luckily they are not too easily spooked but do have a tendency to walk off in the opposite direction when they sense the lens nearby.

Brian v.



michael kilner
Registered: Feb 09, 2007
Total Posts: 8121
Country: United Kingdom

great shots like them all



LordV
Registered: Jan 02, 2006
Total Posts: 25172
Country: United Kingdom

michael kilner wrote:
great shots like them all

Thanks michael
Brian v.



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