Butterflies, Moths and Assorted Insects...

[scyrene]

Found this tiny butterfly/moth in the middle of a mixed forest in Germany.
About 1 cm wingspan and body maybe 5 mm long.

Can anybody tell me the species? My searches were fruitless.

View attachment 208822

Looks like a V-pug, Chloroclystis v-ata.

 

[scyrene]

Been testing out the RF 100-400. Seems good for larger insects. Here is a female orange tip butterfly. R6, 400mm, 1/400, f/8, ISO 1600.

 

[AlanF]

Been testing out the RF 100-400. Seems good for larger insects. Here is a female orange tip butterfly. R6, 400mm, 1/400, f/8, ISO 1600.View attachment 209043

The RF 100-400 is very good close up. It's pretty close to the RF 100-500mm. The insect season is starting for me and I got my first Holly Blue and a pair of copulating craneflies on a walk around the block this week.

 

[Maximilian]

Looks like a V-pug, Chloroclystis v-ata.

I suppose, you hit the nail.
Thank you very much.

 

[Click]

Been testing out the RF 100-400. Seems good for larger insects. Here is a female orange tip butterfly. R6, 400mm, 1/400, f/8, ISO 1600.

Beautiful. Nicely done, scyrene.

 

[scyrene]

Speckled wood. R6, RF 100-400 + 1.4x. 560mm, 1/500, f/11, ISO 1250.

 

[Del Paso]

I leave it to the specialists to name this spider (I didn't succeed...)
I found it on an Anacamptis Morio orchid.

 

[AlanF]

I leave it to the specialists to name this spider (I didn't succeed...)
I found it on an Anacamptis Morio orchid.View attachment 209072

It's a Goldenrod Crab Spider. There's a free app "Seek" that identifies birds, plants, insects etc - well, for a lot of the time.

 

[Del Paso]

It's a Goldenrod Crab Spider. There's a free app "Seek" that identifies birds, plants, insects etc - well, for a lot of the time.

Thank you!

 

[scyrene]

It's a Goldenrod Crab Spider. There's a free app "Seek" that identifies birds, plants, insects etc - well, for a lot of the time.

There's also a pretty good one called ObsIdentify; the native photo app on Apple devices will also have a go at identification, though with an occasional American bias - can be good for cultivated plants though, and finds similar images online for comparison.

 

[AlanF]

Common Froghopper R7+100-500.

 

[Del Paso]

Pyrrhocoris Apterus (?) engaging in an adults- only activity

 

[Nemorino]

Pyrrhocoris Apterus

Yes, same opinion.

Fly with prey:
R5 + RF100L macro

 

[AlanF]

Small Copper Butterfly

 

[Click]

Fly with prey:
R5 + RF100L macro

Nice shots!

 

[Nemorino]

R5 + RF 100L macro @ mfd, f/10, 1/500, Iso 2000, crop of 6425px of 8192px

 

[Click]

Very nice macro. Amazing details. Well done, Nemorino.

 

[Maximilian]

Latticed heath, if I'm not mistaken.
5D4, 100-400L II + TC, @560mm, 1/11, 1/500, ISO1600

 

[koenkooi]

View attachment 209231
R5 + RF 100L macro @ mfd, f/10, 1/500, Iso 2000, crop of 6425px of 8192px

I especially like the pollen stuck on everything

 

[Click]

Lovely shot, Maximilian.