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- Sat Feb 06, 2021 7:02 pm
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: You too may wish to curse these flies!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2295
- Wed Nov 25, 2020 4:39 pm
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Secret Agent Mantis
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4503
Re: Secret Agent Mantis
In "Complex Worlds from Simpler Nervous Systems", MIT Press 2004, edited by Frederick R. Prete, page 81 in the section titled "In the Mind of a Hunter: The Visual World of the Praying Mantis", by Karl Kral and Frederick R. Prete, appears this paragraph: The physiological acceptance angle of the rha...
- Tue Nov 17, 2020 4:52 pm
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: An assorted mix, including a Mystery Critter Quiz
- Replies: 3
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Re: An assorted mix, including a Mystery Critter Quiz
Not sure about IDs but the passengers might be 'hitching a lift' to pastures new?
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- Tue Nov 17, 2020 4:50 pm
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Male Common Darter Dragonfly
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2312
Re: Male Common Darter Dragonfly
Thank you Mark; I enjoyed observing this specimen as it basked in the mid-afternoon November Sun; it might still be active because the weather is still mild.
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- Mon Nov 16, 2020 6:30 pm
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Flesh Fly regurgitating its 'Cooling Bubble'
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2994
Re: Flesh Fly Inflating its Cooling Bubble
Thanks for the link. Very interesting. Almost all of the things they found could be just as well explained by the digestive hypothesis, but the fact that they do this bubbling behavior with higher frequency as soon as the lights go out does suggest that at least one of its functions is to cool the ...
- Sun Nov 15, 2020 8:57 am
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Male Common Darter Dragonfly
- Replies: 2
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Male Common Darter Dragonfly
Male Common Darter dragonfly Sun basking on limestone cliffs at Langdyke Countryside Trust's 'Swaddywell Pit' reserve near Peterborough Cambridgeshire UK, November 6 2020 ... probably the UK's last active dragonfly species of the year. Male-Common-Darter-6-Nov-Swaddy-Cliffs-J5-30-110.jpg Nikon 1 J5 ...
- Sun Nov 15, 2020 7:47 am
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Flesh Fly regurgitating its 'Cooling Bubble'
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2994
- Sun Nov 15, 2020 3:44 am
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Flesh Fly regurgitating its 'Cooling Bubble'
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2994
- Sat Nov 14, 2020 8:14 pm
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Flesh Fly regurgitating its 'Cooling Bubble'
- Replies: 6
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Flesh Fly regurgitating its 'Cooling Bubble'
Flesh-Fly-Inflating-its-Cooling-Bubble-PF.jpg Flesh Fly observed November 6 2020 at Langdyke Countryside Trust's, 'Swaddywell Pit Nature Reserve' near Peterborough UK. The Flesh Fly was basking on a warm limestone cliff face in the heat of the afternoon Sun and continually 'regurgitating' and then ...
- Mon Sep 21, 2020 10:23 am
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Ivy Mining Bee flying to cliff-face nest
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2091
Re: Ivy Mining Bee flying to cliff-face nest
Thank you Rik ... This is a lnk to the Langdyke Countryside Trust's Facebook page and my Ivy Mining Bees video ... shot with the Nikon 1 J5 / Nikkor 70-300mm etc. as illustrated above ... https://www.facebook.com/duncansargentk ... 5921282743
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- Mon Sep 21, 2020 10:16 am
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Ivy Mining Bee flying to cliff-face nest
- Replies: 3
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Ivy Mining Bee flying to cliff-face nest
Langdyke Countryside Trust UK 'Swaddywell Nature Reserve' Ivy Mining Bee (Colletes hederae) observation trip 21 September. Camera and tripod set up on limestone cliff slope habitat where the solitary bees nest in cliff crevices. They also excavate (mine) nest holes in the ground. Species was new to ...
- Mon Sep 21, 2020 8:50 am
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Macros from a damp morning!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3583
Re: Macros from a damp morning!
Superb images ... especially the katydid ... looking very fed up with the weather!
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- Sun Sep 13, 2020 7:35 am
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Ivy Mining Bee (Colletes hederae)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2097
Re: Ivy Mining Bee (Colletes hederae)
Very good pictures of a handsome insect. Besides predators, I suggest that you be on the look out for parasites, including kleptoparasites. These will be various insects that sneak in and lay eggs in the nest, eating the provisions and sometimes the bee larva. The parasites can be flies and even ot...
- Sat Sep 12, 2020 4:06 am
- Forum: Equipment Exchange
- Topic: Heads-up: Tominon / Polaroid MP-4 lenses
- Replies: 0
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Heads-up: Tominon / Polaroid MP-4 lenses
https://www.mwclassic.com/product-categ ... ved-11-09/
MW Classic have just listed Tominon / Polaroid 127/4.7 and 75/4.5 lenses
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MW Classic have just listed Tominon / Polaroid 127/4.7 and 75/4.5 lenses
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- Fri Sep 11, 2020 1:19 pm
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Ivy Mining Bee (Colletes hederae)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2097
Ivy Mining Bee (Colletes hederae)
The Ivy Mining Bee (Colletes hederae) was first recorded in Southern Europe in 1993 and in Dorset UK in 2001 ... since when the species has spread across England and parts of Wales. I discovered a colony at Langdyke Countryside Trust's Swaddywell Nature Reserve near Peterborough , Cambridgeshire, UK...