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<blockquote data-quote="WeeHector" data-source="post: 200659" data-attributes="member: 14301">Returning home, I discovered a hornets' nest and returned with the 70-300mm to get some shots but conditions weren't ideal so I had to bin a hundred shots. This later turned out to be a minor problem.Next up was a &quot;might have been&quot; moment. I was following a winged ant and failed to notice a jumping spider sitting nearby. [ATTACH]53372[/ATTACH]Instants later, the spider jumped and the ant ran off, dragging the spider behind it. A quick jet of formic acid made the spider drop off at once.At the tree which was causing the wasps so much trouble I found this little fly which I have so far identified as a Agromyzidae cerodoptha (I'm open to correction).[ATTACH]53374[/ATTACH]Then came along a friendly (did I say friendly? I meant BADASS) European Hornet. Can't believe I was photographing this guy from just a few centimetres.[ATTACH]53375[/ATTACH]Mesembrina meridiana ( the Noon Fly) sounds quite exotic but it lays its eggs in cow dung.[ATTACH]53377[/ATTACH]And finally, a Shield or Stink Bug.[ATTACH]53383[/ATTACH]So how was your day? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WeeHector, post: 200659, member: 14301"] Returning home, I discovered a hornets' nest and returned with the 70-300mm to get some shots but conditions weren't ideal so I had to bin a hundred shots. This later turned out to be a minor problem. Next up was a "might have been" moment. I was following a winged ant and failed to notice a jumping spider sitting nearby. [ATTACH=CONFIG]53372._xfImport[/ATTACH] Instants later, the spider jumped and the ant ran off, dragging the spider behind it. A quick jet of formic acid made the spider drop off at once. At the tree which was causing the wasps so much trouble I found this little fly which I have so far identified as a Agromyzidae cerodoptha (I'm open to correction). [ATTACH=CONFIG]53374._xfImport[/ATTACH] Then came along a friendly (did I say friendly? I meant BADASS) European Hornet. Can't believe I was photographing this guy from just a few centimetres. [ATTACH=CONFIG]53375._xfImport[/ATTACH] Mesembrina meridiana ( the Noon Fly) sounds quite exotic but it lays its eggs in cow dung. [ATTACH=CONFIG]53377._xfImport[/ATTACH] And finally, a Shield or Stink Bug. [ATTACH=CONFIG]53383._xfImport[/ATTACH] So how was your day? :D [/QUOTE]

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