Silversnapper's Happy Snaps

[Clovishound]

I often take shots of insects and then discover another much smaller insect in the shot when I edit it.

 

[Silversnapper]

Gatekeeper Butterfly

Small Copper Butterfly

 

[Silversnapper]

Back in 2024 I made a posts(#24) in a weekly challenge about fire hydrants:
https://nikonites.com/forum/threads...or-other-fire-fighting-equipment.48279/page-2
This was an image I made and posted after the challenge

On my walk today I found this:

I wonder what the cretin with half a brain cell (damaged) got out of destroying it?

 

[Needa]

I wonder what the cretin with half a brain cell (damaged) got out of destroying it?

Why indeed?

 

[Silversnapper]

While I was out on my walk today, I spotted this small herd of Cylindricus Fenum Fascis browsing in a nearby field. This species has more or less superseded the previously common Rectangulae Fenum Fascis in my neck of the woods. I must have spooked them as there were only a couple left in the far corner on my return journey.

Just a bit of fun to lighten the day.

 

[Silversnapper]

I was startled when this Giant House Spider ran across my eye line whilst I was rummaging in the back of my workshop. A quick dash for a camera and then I managed to grab this one shot after a 10 minute search. Note the two packed lunches and the wood louse dicing with death in the top RH corner.

 

[Clovishound]

I don't think those are food parcels. I believe they are nurseries.

 

[Silversnapper]

I don't think those are food parcels. I believe they are nurseries.

Thanks Clovishound, I never thought of that, I'll try and keep an eye on them and see what happens.

 

[Silversnapper]

According to the British Butterfly Conservation charity, the Southern Small White butterfly has been spotted in the UK for the first time.
Butterfly expert Chris van Swaay of Dutch Butterfly Conservation confirmed the identification and posted this chart to help identify them:

I think I have a better chance of seeing maggots on Mars than I have of identifying one in the wild - unless I could get it to stay still long enough for me to draw the line with a rule and compare it.

 

[Silversnapper]

My Indian Stick Insect Nymph after the first moult, about 8 weeks old now. It doesn't like posing, when it detects nearby motion it immediately goes into the "I'm a stick" mode by stretching its front and rear legs out in line with its body and using the middle pair to hang on with. This time I caught it 'mid-transition', before it got its back legs out.

Nikon D810, Sigma 105mm f2.8 MkII lens, Godox TT685 flash