Bugs Show 'Insect'

[Will]

Quite rare to see wasps mating. The new Queen is on the left, the drone on the right

GRD3

R0017563ac by meaning_of_light, on Flickr

 

[grebeman]

Will, an excellent image of, as you say, rarely observed behaviour,

Barrie

 

[BBW]

Fantastic, Will! Stellar quality, too!

 

[stillshunter]

Day one test with the new PL45 - subject Cabbage White butterfly - only about an inch big.....but still intimidating as she stared me down

Cabbage White by stillshunter, on Flickr

 

[Will]

Wow

 

[davect01]

Amazing shots and amazing detail both of you.

Quite rare to see wasps mating. The new Queen is on the left, the drone on the right

GRD3

R0017563ac by meaning_of_light, on Flickr

Day one test with the new PL45 - subject Cabbage White butterfly - only about an inch big.....but still intimidating as she stared me down

Cabbage White by stillshunter, on Flickr

 

[stillshunter]

Quite rare to see wasps mating. The new Queen is on the left, the drone on the right

GRD3

R0017563ac by meaning_of_light, on Flickr

You took this image of frisky wasps with a 28mm lens!!!! Man I'd want a 105 macro on mu43 with a steel netting suit and a litre and a half of Aeroguard

HATS OFF!!!! Amazing shot, skill and fortitude my friend!!!

 

[Will]

haha
Thanks but I assumed they were to 'occupied' to take any notice of me!

 

[pdh]

an early Peacock ...

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violet violet by _loupe, on Flickr

E-P2, Auto Takumar 105mm (f/2.8) c. 1959, lots of scratches, haze, dust and a little fungus

 

[grebeman]

Small Tortoiseshell

My first Small Tortoiseshell of 2012 seen today during a 5 mile walk round the local country lanes.

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Panasonic GH2 with P/L 45mm, f/2.8 lens @ f/5.6, 1/640 sec, iso 200

Barrie

 

[pdh]

a rather large crop of an earlyish hoverfly on celandine ... E-P2 + Lumix 20/1.7 ... interesting to compare this with Will's shot of the mating wasps ... ... I was being a bit dozy and didn't spot-meter this which I should, and I wasn't in very close, but even so ... the GRD III has a wider lens and a smaller sensor, and it shoots down this image in flames ...

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hover fly, celandine by _loupe, on Flickr

 

[pdh]

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fly and mauve by _loupe, on Flickr

 

[norman shearer]

The closest I've got to a butterfly and oddly enough with a 20mm lens..

butterfly by norman j shearer2010, on Flickr

 

[pdh]

two from today

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fly crop by _loupe, on Flickr

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lady b by _loupe, on Flickr

 

[Chris2500dk]

Very sleepy bumble bee. LX5.
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P1030690_LR3_20100419 by ChristianHass, on Flickr

 

[tdekany]

​G3 + 14-42mm kit lens

P1050104 by thomasdekany, on Flickr

P1050106 by thomasdekany, on Flickr

P1050107 by thomasdekany, on Flickr

P1050077 by thomasdekany, on Flickr

 

[grebeman]

Holly Blue

My first Holly Blue butterfly for the year.

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Panasonic GH2 with Sigma 18-50 f/2.8 EX Macro

Barrie

 

[pdh]

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the beetles by _loupe, on Flickr

E-P2, KH 50/1.7, 1/200s, f/7.1, ISO160 (crop)

 

[grebeman]

There's only three of them Paul, one's missing.

Barrie

 

[pdh]

I blame Yoko Ono