I can feel a real humdinger of a rant coming on. I will save it for a day or so and hope my fingers don’t catch fire or my head explode. What to do instead? I could strip a rear brake as I have a sticky one, if I do one I will then feel obliged to do the other three as they will feel left out. I could walk up to the old reservoir but it is looking like rain. Maybe I’ll settle down with a Robert Goddard story.
This morning was very damp on the knees and elbows.
I found one of these and it posed or was too wet to fly. I think it is a Snipe Fly but am far from sure. It is a soldier fly.
Long-horned Black Legionnaire - Beris geniculata
This is a beauty. It’s a Black Mirid Bug, Grypocoris stysi. The only doubt I have is the colour of it’s eyes but it could be red eye from the flash. The give away is the butterfly pattern on it’s back.
You can see it has a long, sharp proboscis but it doesn’t bite it just sucks sap from plants and grass.
I noticed the other day whilst dreaming of a new machine that monitors now come in much higher resolutions if anyone would like a few more pixels per inch or images wider than 1500pixels then let me know.
That’s all for today.
Great close shots again. They always move away if I try, maybe I need to change my after shave.
ReplyDeleteJohn, 70% of them do clear off but first thing in the morning seems best. After lunch it's hopeless.
DeleteIn the morning, they are too busy getting breakfast to bother with people. The mirid is incredible. I guess the snipe sees everything multiple times with those eyes.
ReplyDeleteMarie, they are too cold to think about breakfast. All insects have compound eyes it saves them having to turn their heads and then remember what they saw.
DeleteYour morning was quite productive. It is beyond me how you get such macros.
ReplyDeleteJohn, I sit on a bit of plastic and wait. Then when I get them in focus the strobe does all the work. I maybe get a 50% hit rate.
DeleteThose eyes are ginger. Definitely.
ReplyDeleteFrances, the ones on the fly are. The bug has red ones...I think.
DeleteIt got me curious as to what the rant is going to be now.
ReplyDeleteI like the water droplets alot. How do you stop the flash from dominating the water droplets.
Douglas I don't and it does the only way to stop the flash reflecting is to use a soft box or a tripod and use natural light.
DeleteThat first one is a knockout!
ReplyDeleteBill I will have another go using natural light. See what i can come up with using a tripod.
DeleteThe first image is wonderful. I always enjoy your rants, even if I can't figure out what they are about half the time.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like it Pauline. The rant is wearing off but will be back.
DeleteLove the first shot best adrian Andlook forward to seeing another in naturrl light and tripod
ReplyDeleteMargaret I took all the gear out this morning but it was too windy. Still it is forecast to rain over the weekend so I'll leave everything handy.
ReplyDeleteYour macro are always so impressive! Awesome photos Adrian.
ReplyDeleteLynda, I enjoy macro. Insects are such intricate little creatures.
DeleteI love the insects but the red fleshy fruit makes my skin crawl.
ReplyDeleteGraham, it does look a bit weird but is a bit of a Red Campion. I think the seed pod.
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