Minsmere RSPB - More Insects

A few more photos of insects seen at Minsmere RSPB in May.

 

A beetle on concrete...

....perhaps hunting for these mites.



A spider and its prey.



 

Mating species of Crane Flies (commonly called Daddy Long Legs). What great colours they have!

 

A couple of a the same species of beetle on grass stems.

Wilstone Reservoir - Morning Dew

 

Arriving at Wilstone Reservoir from Puttenham, the mist still prevailed, but was starting to thin out.  I spent 20 minutes or so photographing morning dew on delicate spider's webs.

 

 

 

This grass head and spider's web also includes a crane fly that I did not spot until I loaded the photos onto my PC.

 

The mist was finally lifting, so I turned my attention to the birds on the reservoir...



Spiderman Running and Friends

A few photos taken one dull morning in my accommodation in Scotland in June.

 

A spider spinning on a thread for a second looks like a running man carrying some sticks.

Midges that got inside.  Apparently there are at least 10 thousand species of midge.  Which one these are I have no idea.

One of the many species of Crane Fly, or the Daddy Long Legs of my childhood.