What's Buzzin' or Flying Near You Today..? MK 3..

Superb shost A, so sharp, (btw that's Diadematus) those females may get even bigger by October so you might need to use the wide angle!

 

She's a handsome wench already Armandii, just bring her the odd flower fly or two now and then. I love to watch them wind them up like a bobbin. I would spend ages "feeding" spiders in the gardens around me as a kid,
Jenny

 

Thanks Army, my pics are passable but have 'bridge limitations' and it's cr*p at macro.

 

A southern hawker has been visiting us in the past few days. It was mostly hovering, darting about and, very occasionally, landing to lay eggs, not on the weeds in the pond but on the edge of the pond and some plants next to the pond. Rather odd I thought . Grabbed a couple of pictures while it did that.




Went out for a walk around the village, saw an angle shades moth.


On the way home, we decide to pick a few blackberries. A few horses were around and one of them came over to investigate what we were doing and, sensing that the berries were better eating than the grass, pushed its nose into the bag that MrH was holding and in the process pushed poor hubby further and further into the thorny blackberry bushes as he tried to protect his pickings He was not amused.

 

All great Armandii but I love the 5th one the most,
Jenny

 

A lot of migrants around at Wareham Forest this morning including a briefly sighted Hobby, loads of Chiffchaffs, Willow Warblers and Spotted Flys but all on the move and never close enough for a decent pic. Still plenty of Dragonflies too.
Chiffchaff.


Spotted Flycatcher.


A Hawker (I think).

 

rescued this 3" long beauty out of the conservatory today, after the cat decided to catch it and bring it inside... I'm surprised it didn't bite either of us!

 

oh lordy...i'd be a dot on the horizon if that came anywhere near me!

hang on....they bite?

 

I was told years ago they can bite, I don't know if that was something to scare me-as-a-kid or not, but I wasn't taking any chances! It was swooping around my head though! :(