Adrian Jones' photos
Greenbottle Fly
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A specimen of Lucilia sericata commonly called a greenbottle fly at rest in my garden, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, May 2024. This is a single uncropped image.
Nomada Bee
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A Nomada Bee about to take flight after feedimg from Forget me nots in my garden, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, May 2024.
Hoverfly (Helophilus pendulus)
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A hoverfly, Helophilus npendulus, at rest on a leaf in my garden, May 2024, Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
Nursery Web Spider
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A Nursery Web Spider basking on an old compost bag in my garden, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, May 2024.
Dung Fly Portrait
Tortoise Beetles (Cassida vibex)
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A mating pair of Cassida vibex, a Tortoise Beetle photographed on Knapweed in my garden. This is an in camera stack of fifteen images taken in natural light and uncropped.
Stictopleurus sp.
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Testing a new flash system out, seems to be OK. Nissin i60a + Nissin Air10s commander, actually really timpressed with it.
A Hemipteran (True Bug) probably one of two species of Stictopleurus found in the UK.
Entomophthora muscae infected Dung Fly
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An unfortunate Dung fly that has been infected by the fungus Entomophthora muscae. Once infected the fly will die but the fungus causes it to land on a plant stem or flower and move to the highest point before it expires, thus allowing the spores from the fungus greatest chance of spreading to another host.
This is an in camera stack of fifteen images taken in natural light outdoors.
1951 Little Grey Fergie TED 20 TVO.
Little Grey Fergie, 1951 TED 20
TED 20, 1951 Grey Ferguson Tractor
Fungi
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Fungi growing on a wooden post at The Bog Mine in South Shropshire. This is a fifteen image in camera stack.
Fungi
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Fungi growing on top of a wooden post at The Bog Mine, South Shropshire. This is a fifteen image in camera stack. Notice the Psychoda fly on the top of the largest fruiting body.
Cerura vinula (Puss Moth)
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A female Puss Moth (Cerura vinula) resting in my garden. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, May 2023.
Click Beetle
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A Click Beetle about to take off from a leaf in my 'lawn'. Taken May 2023, Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
Fly
Flea Beetle
Eupeodes luniger
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The small and common early hoverfly Eupeodes luniger see in my garden, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, March 2023.
