Adrian Jones' photos

Just a field in Shropshire.

Green Tiger Beetle ( Cicindela campestris) portrait. The Bog, Shropshire, 9th March 2014.

Portrait of a Green Tiger Beetle ( Cicindela campestris ). Taken at The Bog, Shropshire on March 9th, 2014.

A Green Tiger Beetle pauses for a few seconds and allows me to get a shot. Taken at The Bog in Shropshire, March 9th 2014.

Close up of a Green Tiger Beetle ( Cicindela campestris) at The Bog, Shropshire.

A Green Tiger Beetle (Cicindela campestris) catches the sun and at the same time shelters from the breeze by lying flat between pebbles. Taken on 9th March 2014 at The Bog, Shropshire.

An unusual pink Sweet Violet flowering in my garden, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. This one has a beautiful fragrance.

View of the Long Mynd from the Stiperstones in Shropshire.Taken on my walk yesterday.

Taken on my walk today, part of the Stiperstones ridge in Shropshire.

A Gorse Shieldbug blowing a bubble. The Bog, Shropshire.

A Gorse Shieldbug poses at the top of a Gorse shoot at The Bog in Shropshire.

One of the many Gorse Shieldbugs (Piezodorus lituratus) that were about in the beautiful sunshine today.

A little sunshine today brought out the Green Tiger Beetles, these have to be one of the fastest moving beetles in the UK, they seldom stop for more than a few seconds at a time.

A Tube Tailed Thrip larva found under loose bark, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 5th March 2014. Taken at 5x magnification, the larva was about 3mm in length.

I'm not sure what this is, first though was that it was a Rove Beetle but they were very slow moving, its got a body length of 3 mm and is very flat, found under loose bark. The out of focus orange coloured insects appear to be larvae of the same species, will post a pic of one of them too. I'm now reasonably sure this is a Thysanoptera, a Thrip, probably one of the Phlaeothripidae, a Tube Tailed or Wingless Thrip. Taken at 5x magnification at Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

A globular springtail Dicyrtomina saundersi taken at 5x magnification, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Shrewsbury Shropshire.

A close view of a tiny spider found in my garden today. Taken at about 4x magnification.

A view from todays walk in the South Shropshire hills.