Tuesday, 11 May 2010

Bug Safari

My new toy is a macro lens so expect to see plenty of wee invertebrates coming this way, some in focus when I get depth of field mastered. Here's some critters captured in Northumberland last weekend. Please let me know if you can ID the ones with a question mark by them.

Tetragnatha sp

Meta mengei

Wolf spider ...... don't worry, it's not to scale!

Alder Fly

Chironomid midge

Sawfly - ? ....nearly 500 species in Britain!

Hoverfly - Syrphus ribesii
.....an aphid eater extraordinaire, consuming hundreds in its two week larval state

Hoverfly - Melanostoma scalare

Springtail
'Folded-wing' Crane-fly - Limonia nubeculosa 


A Psyllid (Homoptera)

A big critter - Brown Hare

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3 comments:

  1. Danny Tee12 May 2010 at 11:42

    Tim go onto http://www.ispot.org.uk/ and put your photo's on there if you need id. It is run in conjunction with Great North Museam and Open University you usually get answer back within minutes.

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  2. Tim Sexton12 May 2010 at 20:16

    Cheers Davy. I'll give that a try.

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  3. Wisconsin Roadway Defects Lawyer12 May 2010 at 22:45

    Very nice shots.

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