Common lizard(Zootoca vivipara)
Common Lizard.
Close Up / Macro
Slow day.
Beefsteak Fungus.
Fistulina hepatica
Another common name for this parasitic bracket is the Ox Tongue fungus. If you cut through the flesh, it does look like a slice of prime beef; however taste is said to be not as good as the appearance. They grow on broadleaved trees, especially oaks and sweet chestnuts, from late summer into autumn.
Garden Macro(2)
Garden Spider.
Garden spiders are the most common orb-web spiders in the UK. I start seeing small ones in our garden in late summer as the season moves into autumn, the spiders mature, and by late autumn, they are at their largest (approximately 13cm). Orb webs are spiral wheel-shaped webs.
Garden Macro.(1)
Wasps.
Many people only see the pest in wasps. However, like bees, they are important pollinators and pest controllers. They live in large colonies in gaps in houses and trees. Their nests are built of ‘paper’, which is formed by the queen chewing up wood. feed on food like nectar, rotten fruit, whilst their young are fed on small insects, which are often pests. They come into conflict with humans as they are attracted to our food tables, both inside and out.
Small things.
Today I decided to leave the long lens at home and take a macro lens on our walk, following a stream on the lookout for bugs.
Housefly.
Honey Bee.
Mint Beetle.
Raft Spider.
Green Frogs.
Out in the New Forest yesterday looking of Marsh Frogs.
Marsh frogs are around 50% bigger than a common frog. Their warty skin varies from olive to bright green, with irregular dark blotches. I have posted pictures of green ones today.
Wasps & Bees.
Macro lens testing in the garden. Wasps and Bees. on Red Bistort “Firetail”.
Caterpillars.
Peacock Butterfly caterpillars on nettles. Something so black becomes something colourful!
Large White.
It seems to be a good year for white butterflies.
Continued Reflections from my World. 