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Insects, Bugs, Spiders etc

B E E

B E E

15 Jul 2016 5 4 228
Best viewed large, on black ;-)
B E E

B E E

15 Jul 2016 8 3 257
Best viewed large, on black ;-)
Solitary Bee

Solitary Bee

22 Aug 2016 7 6 256
Trying out my new (to me) Olympus twin flash macro flash system. Still need some practice, but pleased with the results so far. Please view large, on black.
Greenbottle

Greenbottle

22 Aug 2016 4 5 259
Trying out my new (to me) Olympus twin flash macro flash system. Still need some practice, but pleased with the results so far. Please view large, on black.
Crab Spider

Crab Spider

18 Apr 2017 11 8 252
Sitting on a flower waiting for it's unsuspecting prey to land..!! Thanks to Alby Oakshott for the use of his macro lens (I forgot mine)............and for the use of his garden and resident crab spider..!!
Speckled Wood on wild garlic

Speckled Wood on wild garlic

18 Apr 2017 10 5 315
Crab Spider (again)

Crab Spider (again)

25 Apr 2017 10 7 268
Here is another and somewhat better shot of the crab spider I posted a while ago. Much better viewed large, on black...................if you don't mind spiders :-))
Soldier Beetle

Soldier Beetle

30 May 2017 3 2 240
Taken using a 10mm extension tube on my 40-150mm lens.........large crop too.
Scorpion Fly

Scorpion Fly

30 May 2017 5 2 251
Taken using a 10mm extension tube on my 40-150mm lens...........large crop too!
Bee on Lavender

Bee on Lavender

14 Apr 2017 5 5 236
Bee on Thistle

Bee on Thistle

30 May 2017 5 5 292
Dark Bush Cricket

Dark Bush Cricket

13 Jun 2017 3 2 254
A bit of an impromptu bug-hunt today.............once again, I did not have my macro gear with me, so used my Oly 40-150mm Pro lens with a 10mm extension tube. These are also large crops.
Green Crab Spider

Green Crab Spider

13 Jun 2017 3 227
A bit of an impromptu bug-hunt today.............once again, I did not have my macro gear with me, so used my Oly 40-150mm Pro lens with a 10mm extension tube. These are also large crops.
Scorpion Fly

Scorpion Fly

13 Jun 2017 2 208
A bit of an impromptu bug-hunt today.............once again, I did not have my macro gear with me, so used my Oly 40-150mm Pro lens with a 10mm extension tube. These are also large crops.
Harvestman

Harvestman

13 Jun 2017 6 2 218
A bit of an impromptu bug-hunt today.............once again, I did not have my macro gear with me, so used my Oly 40-150mm Pro lens with a 10mm extension tube. These are also large crops. Although they belong to the Arachnid family, Harvestmen (of which there are around 380 known species) are not a spider. They have a completely different body and only 6 legs.
Fly

Fly

13 Jun 2017 1 168
Phaonia Subventa.
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