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    Post your spiders

    Another Zebra. I just love these little creatures.
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    Pets/"Petography" Thread!

    A little chap I came across the other day. I just loved the little ginger patch between his ears. :D
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    Post your Moths & Butterflies

    Polygonia c-album - Comma Butterfly
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    Weekly challenge Aug 6 through 12. Abandoned

    99.99% abandoned railway line. :D
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    Post Your Black and Whites Photos!!

    100th anniverary of the WW1 battle in my village today. Colour photo transformed in Photoshop with lots of blur, grain, crackling, etc. :D The original is in my Battle of Lagarde blog.
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    Post your macro photos here

    A cute little weevil I came across the other day. I have several photos to do a stack of this but don't have time at the moment. :D
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    The Battle of Lagarde

    100 years ago today occurred one of the first battles of the 1st World War in the small village in which I live. It was never supposed to happen. Lagarde, a small village of around 500 inhabitants (about 200 today) was just inside the portion of Lorraine held by the Germans since the war of...
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    Panorpa communis - female Common Scorpionfly.
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    Hylaeus annulatus - female Plasterer Bee
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    Cylindromyia bicolor - Tachinid Fly
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    Female Episyrphus balteatus about to land on a flower.
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    A nearby house has a huge population of firebugs on its walls. It's also a favourite haunt of paper wasps looking for a free meal. They systematically check out every bug until they come across one which has just moulted and whose wingcases haven't hardened.
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    Wolf Spider hanging out and having a drink in the shade.
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    Highlight of the day. Argiope bruennichi - male Wasp Spider
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    Icius hamatus female with the week's shopping. :D
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    Forficula auricularia - male European Earwig
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    Insects with non macro lenses

    Xylocopa violacea - Violet Carpenter Bee
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    Insects with non macro lenses

    Little female Gatekeeper - Pyronia tithonus
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    Ever feel ashamed about your D3100?

    Do you ever feel ashamed when you admit to people that you only have a D3100? I must admit that I adore telling people I have an entry-level, general public camera that is the cheapest Nikon DSLR you can buy. I just love the look on their faces when they see the macro photos I have taken with...
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    Moth sitting on finger

    This is a slightly modified version of a post on the Insects thread to eliminate a couple of annoying details. Lasiocampa quercus. This female Oak Eggar moth was in danger of being steam cleaned and had to be moved. As it was during the day, she was more or less asleep and didn't want to let...
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