Re: Mother Bugger !!!

by **Nico** Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:36 am

Stunning shot James clapping

The colours on the top of his head are awesome cheers

by **ourchickenshack** Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:57 am

Thanks Andy cheers

Do you guys have Firefly's in the UK ?

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I have been wanting to try and catch one at night to see if I can get a decent pic of them lighting up What a Face

by **cantina_patron** Tue Jun 20, 2017 10:49 am

ourchickenshack wrote:[center]Thanks Andy

Do you guys have Firefly's in the UK ?

We have a beetle known as a 'glow worm', but it is only the wingless females that have bioluminscence which is used to attract the winged males.

by **Commander Clint** Tue Jun 20, 2017 1:56 pm

Those are all fantastic. Great job spotting the little buggers. clapping

by **ourchickenshack** Thu Jul 06, 2017 6:42 am

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by **Nico** Sat Jul 08, 2017 2:18 pm

Nice spider pics mate cheers

ourchickenshack wrote:
Thanks Andy

Do you guys have Firefly's in the UK ?

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I have been wanting to try and catch one at night to see if I can get a decent pic of them lighting up

How did I miss this man Embarassed

Half insect/half led light bulb clapping

a Fantastic shot bowwing

That little dude is amazing cheers

Like Steve said, we don't have firefly's in the UK, we do have glow worms but I've only seen them in pictures or film What a Face

by **ourchickenshack** Sun Jul 23, 2017 6:34 am

Widow Skimmer Dragonfly (Female)

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Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterfly

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by **Nico** Sun Jul 23, 2017 8:28 am

Great shots James clapping

we don't see many dragonflys in the UK cheers

by **ourchickenshack** Mon Aug 28, 2017 6:42 am

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by **Nico** Mon Aug 28, 2017 12:00 pm

Awesome colours on the wings clapping

by **ChristianC** Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:16 am

Wow James! The colour combo with the butterflies and the flowers are stunning. I have to show my wife this thread!

by **Commander Clint** Tue Aug 29, 2017 2:20 pm

Fantastic pictures James.

I should have taken my camera to the beach, this past weekend. Lots of butterflies, bugs & birds. st00pid

by **ourchickenshack** Tue Aug 29, 2017 5:05 pm

Thanks guys cheers

Here's a Monarch that's been hanging around for a couple weeks ...

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This picture is shit quality but the extra bug flying is kind of funny ...

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by **ourchickenshack** Thu Aug 31, 2017 5:55 am

A couple of nights ago I was out in the yard watering and pulling weeds and spotted what appeared to be a turd moving slowly across the grass scratch

After close inspection I realized it was a cicada in it's nymph stage (and yes I always inspect slowly moving turds lol!

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I picked it up and put it in a bucket of dirt with a stick for it to crawl on to . I finished my chore because I thought I would have time before it started to emerge but I was wrong .

Unfortunately when I checked on it about a 1/2 hour later it had already started coming out and I missed the initial burst .

Here is what I was able to photograph ...

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by **ourchickenshack** Thu Aug 31, 2017 5:58 am

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by **Commander Clint** Thu Aug 31, 2017 2:06 pm

Those are freaking awesome. bowwing

I love hearing them "sing" in the summer.

by **Nico** Thu Aug 31, 2017 2:56 pm

Amazing shots James bowwing

stunning bro clapping

by **cantina_patron** Thu Aug 31, 2017 3:57 pm

Fantastic images James. bowwing

In my youth I used to watch damsel & dragonfly nymps climb out of the water in my parents pond, and be fascinated seeing the adults emerge & pump up their soft crumpled wings so they can harden off before they take to the air. Those shots have brought back some happy memmories. Very Happy

by **Nico** Thu Aug 31, 2017 5:09 pm

There are a lot of spiders in my garden this time of year What a Face

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by **cantina_patron** Thu Aug 31, 2017 5:36 pm

Nico wrote:
There are a lot of spiders in my garden this time of year

Yep, from now and for the next few weeks is when mature Orb Web spiders are very abundant in UK gardens Andy. The big ones with impressive 'classic' spider webs are female.

When I was a zoo keeper, I used to get a lot of calls about the species shown below, as most people that came across one thought it was dangerous & exotic due to the colours.

Wasp Orb Web Spider (photo from the web, excuse the pun lol!

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by **Nico** Thu Aug 31, 2017 6:03 pm

Cheers Steve cheers

Those colours just send out a warning rockon

I have to watch where I walk there's webs everywhere, apart from removing a web that directly blocks my way to the greenhouse or garage ect, I never harm them they are only doing their thing and are good for the garden and stunning to look at cheers

Some of the cheeky fuckers re build the web in the exact place I just carefully took it down lol!

by **cantina_patron** Thu Aug 31, 2017 6:58 pm

Nico wrote:Cheers Steve
Some of the cheeky fuckers re build the web in the exact place I just carefully took it down

I have the same problem Andy. lol!

I frequently find a web that extends from the shrubbery to the wing mirror of my car. I feel guilty every time I have to drive off as the web is destroyed, but overnight they rebuild it, and so the cycle continues. st00pid

by **ourchickenshack** Sat Sep 02, 2017 5:26 am

Thanks guys , glad you like the cicada pics What a Face

Great spider pic Andy cheers

cantina_patron wrote:Fantastic images James.
In my youth I used to watch damsel & dragonfly nymps climb out of the water in my parents pond, and be fascinated seeing the adults emerge & pump up their soft crumpled wings so they can harden off before they take to the air. Those shots have brought back some happy memmories.

That's cool Steve Cool

This was the 1st time I have got to witness the behavior in any insect so I was quite thrilled yay

I have posted some pics of a orb spider variety we get in our yard from time to time earlier in this thread ...

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Here's some pics of a night time spider I took in the backyard a couple nights ago ...

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by **ourchickenshack** Thu Sep 07, 2017 6:50 am

Cicada Killer

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by **cantina_patron** Fri Sep 08, 2017 2:51 pm

Poor Polish bootleg!
(I presume that's a hornet James?)