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Bert is getting on and thinks he can walk further than he can really manage. b20150109-1 by _loupe, on Flickr

marmosets ?

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Is that the same frog or three different frogses? Whatever, its a damn good frog. or they are damn good frogs.

I am not really a doggy person but I do have a soft spot for rough coated JRTs ...as for the 77 quid CHristina, all I can say is it's a good thing you were able to get all those cameras of yours for nothing :tongue:

This wasn't hanging about and I was only able to get a "grab shot" of this, what I think is a White-legged Damselfly (Platycnemis pennipes), in my back yard rather a long way from any of its preferred habitat; a very heavy crop b20140723-2-2 by _loupe, on Flickr

Ὄνομα σοι τί ἐστιν ?

If you can't get any joy here, the Natural History Museum has a forum for ID questions: Sorry, that's a dead link (404) | Natural History Museum It is a real beauty, whatever and wherever it is ...

whereabouts and in which country are you Bill? It almost looks like one of the shieldbugs, but not a UK species, though i'm no entomologist

I am completely confident in my identification of these as photographs of dragonflies.

Thanks Barrie. I know they're common but I'd never seen one before

b20140630-3 by _loupe, on Flickr

(Elephant?) Hawk Moth I was on my way to brush my teeth only to be delayed by this beauty who had taken up residence on the floor. Of course I had to take a snap or two, but forgot to put something in for scale. It's a couple of inches or so long. It did not want to let go of the rug, but...

Tree Bumblebee Here we have a Tree Bumblebee, (Bombus hypnorum, a relatively new species to the UK No-one knows if it'll be the saviour of British pollination or an alien invader that will outcompete our fine British bees (I don't think it's Romanian though). There's probably a local...

Also good info. I've been trolling over the common regularly for quite a few years now, so I suppose I have to consider it my "patch", and this was the first (possible) instance of this species I'd encountered, so I'm guessing it was passing through. It would be nice to think there's a breeding...

not sharp, but you get the idea: b20140601-6 by _loupe, on Flickr

The "eye scales" are a beautiful green and optically so good that if you look at this image at "100%" you can actually see a reflection of me taking the photograph

A friend of mine has a beautiful sequence of photographs of a crane fly (or do I mean caddis?) emerging: Flickr Search — “crane fly” Ah that's good info about the tenerals, something I hadn't considered. thanks. I keep my eyes open for any and all sorts of natural world stuff, and I know...

b20140601-7 by _loupe, on Flickr

A quick look through the other 40-odd shots finds the following (heavily cropped) revealing a reasonably sharp detail of that exuvia; who says "spray and pray" isn't good technique? b20140601-1-2 by _loupe, on Flickr

wow well spotted with the exuvia, Barrie. My excuse for not noticing - I was trying not to fall in the pond while craning over trying to get her, plus I had just found a fairly freshly shed grass-snake skin. I knew she must be pretty new as, despite the warm weather, I was able to get right in...

Okily dokily neighborinos, I've been on safari today and here's a nice fresh - what I think is - female Four-spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata). b20140601-1 by _loupe, on Flickr b20140601-2 by _loupe, on Flickr b20140601-3 by _loupe, on Flickr

ah and I appear to have a female Banded here, complete with pseudopterostigma :biggrin: demoiselles by _loupe, on Flickr

and here's what I think is a Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) from the same date and location demoiselle by _loupe, on Flickr

Perhaps I should have started a Demoiselle thread for all the UK species ... but it would have been a bit short ... anyway, here's a Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) from a few years ago: demoiselle by _loupe, on Flickr

Hmm, yes, butterflies and other insects, they sit there, still as you like, just waiting for you to grab the perfect shot ...

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I imagine the reason it is called "pincushion" is for this final stage, when the gall has a firm, close texture (a little like the "Oasis" flower-arrangers use); I don't doubt in earlier times they were plucked from the hedgerows and actually used as pincushions, but I've never read anything to...

Unfortunately, they fall prey at this time of year to hedge-cutting, which is why I picked this one - it wouldn't have survived the next pass of the cutter, though somehow it had managed to survive the first. Here it is in its proper place on the verge a few weeks ago b20131220-1 by...

I had been watching it since it was in its full "fruiting" stage (early Autumn last year), though I did not take a photograph of it then. This is a different specimen, from 2012, in its own glory: 20121012-1-2 by _loupe, on Flickr

Why the puzzlement?

Robin's pincushion by _loupe, on Flickr

It's all sheeps round here this time of year, matey

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i opened this thread expecting to find a lot of men in kilts. seriously.

If a spider can be cute, then those little jumping numbers are cute. we get similar ones here. they remind me of little terriers. [as any skoolboy kno, of course, they're not insects :smile:]

hummingbird hawk moth and another from the day before 20130920-10 by _loupe, on Flickr

I have a resident Hummingbird Hawk moth at the moment, who is taking advantage of the Buddleia that hangs over my back yard from next door and I've seen daily for a while now. This isn't the sharpest nature photo you'll ever see, but I likes it all the same ... 20130922-2 by _loupe, on Flickr

it is lovely.

If Magpies in Oz are even remotely like Magpies in Yurop, frankly, I don't blame the cat at all ...

b20130807-3 by _loupe, on Flickr

they certainly are.