Butterflies, Moths and Assorted Insects...

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Gatekeeper, Small Copper and Small White butterflies by my wife with the R7 + RF 100-400mm.

Beautiful shots. Well done, Alan.

 

[Maximilian]

A ringlet (aphantopus hyperantus).
Firs pic in bright sunlight, second with clouds.
Note the yellow larva in the first pic. It could be a 22-spot ladybird.

 

[AlanF]

A 7-spot Ladybird and a Greenbottle Fly. Close to the mfd of the 100-500 + 2xTC on the R5 so about 0.5x magnification.

 

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I really like the Ladybird. Well done, Alan.

 

[Maximilian]

Large skipper (ochlodes sylvanus)
R6m2@500mm

 

[Maximilian]

When I was taking photos of a freshly hatched damselfly, I thought I found its exuvia.
But I recognized something I never saw before: it's an exuvia of a grasshopper.
R6m2@500mm

 

[AlanF]

When I was taking photos of a freshly hatched damselfly, I thought I found its exuvia.
But I recognized something I never saw before: it's an exuvia of a grasshopper.
R6m2@500mm

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A definite first! Well spotted.

 

[Maximilian]

A male heath fritillary (melitaea athalia), if I got it right.
The Red Lists GER and BAY list it as "3, endangered".

It seems that the heath fritillary has become native in my photo territory.

 

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Nice series, Maximilian.

 

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[cooldood]

 

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Nice macro! Well done, cooldood.

 

[cooldood]

Nice macro! Well done, cooldood.

One benefit of cold weather. The bugs slow down

 

[cooldood]

Crane fly I think

 

[Maximilian]

Brimstones
I already write several times that this summer there are much fewer butterflies than in other years.
For weeks, it seemed that there were only brimstones and one or two other pieridae.
I was so disappointed that I didn't have any fun processing brimstone photos I took.
Here are the first since March, also taken weeks ago...
R6m2@500mm

 

[Maximilian]

A female holly blue (celastrina argiolus) just before oviposition.
Last pic with wings at maximum reflection of the sunlight. I didn't want to push the bg even more, so slight low key exposure.
R6m2@500mm

 

[cooldood]

 

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Maximilian and cooldood,

Nice shots, guys!

 

[AlanF]

Green Stink Bug.

 

[AlanF]

Goat Moth Caterpillar taken by my wife with R7 RF 100-400mm. It's a monster.