Saturdays Mini Beast Safari

[Ryewolf]

One of the problems with macro is not just finding your subjects but identifying them afterwards...

Mystery Bug, my instincts tell me this isn't the adult....

Red Solider Beetle - at least I know what this one is...

Tiny Fly... on a similar plant as the solider beetle....

Teeny Tiny Fly, it was so small it was hard to see with the naked eye.... Again on a plant like the others...

Hoverfly - this one had me confused as it looked like a wasp, but on a large screen you can see it's proboscis..

It's a moth on a thistle head - that's all I know....

A Spider....

 

[Cobra]

Hoverfly - this one had me confused as it looked like a wasp, but on a large screen you can see it's proboscis..

When I recently started getting back into Macro, I was amazed at just how many different types of hoverfly there are, and that was just in my garden!

A Spider....

I'd say Orb weaver. I see you caught the spinneret in action as well

Teeny Tiny Fly, it was so small it was hard to see with the naked eye.... Again on a plant like the others...

Looking at the head, eyes and Thorax, I'm guessing that's a young hoverfly.

Another great set

 

[PhilH04]

Hoverfly - this one had me confused as it looked like a wasp, but on a large screen you can see it's proboscis..

possibly one of the Syrphus species...

Looking at the head, eyes and Thorax, I'm guessing that's a young hoverfly.

No such thing...... possibly a fruit fly.

The first image does look to be a nymph, I am thinking possibly a Cricket sp. nymph..

A nice collection of images.

 

[Cobra]

No such thing...

I prefer to think that they have to start somewhere
But DOH! of course

possibly a fruit fly.

Actually I'd agree with that

 

[Ryewolf]

I'd say Orb weaver. I see you caught the spinneret in action as well

Thanks Cobra, I hadn't noticed that until you mentioned it.

The first image does look to be a nymph, I am thinking possibly a Cricket sp. nymph..

Thanks Phil, it does look a bit like an Oak Bush Cricket