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Category Archives: heteroptera

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Pond skaters on New Forest river

Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, pond skaterBy Neil-UKWildlifeOctober 27, 2013Leave a comment

While in the New Forest by a river I spotted one of the large pond skater or water strider species on a river. So I tried out the DA*300mm, with extension tubes on for closer focus distance and attached the flash to increase the shutter speed in the poor light. These photos were the result.

Squash bug

heteroptera, insect, My GardenBy Neil-UKWildlifeOctober 24, 20131 Comment

Among the insect finds in my garden recently was this squash bug.

Corizus hyoscyami plant bug

Essex, heteroptera, insect, My GardenBy Neil-UKWildlifeOctober 15, 20131 Comment

A nice recent find in my garden was this Corizus hyoscyami plant bug I intially thought it was a fire bug, but turned out to be this other lovely species.

Hawthorn Shieldbug

Essex, heteroptera, insectBy Neil-UKWildlifeOctober 1, 2013Leave a comment

Ive had a number of hawthorn shield bugs Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale in my garden recently. This posed for a few photos

Water scorpion Nepa cincera on white background

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insectBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 22, 2013Leave a comment

Some more white background photos, this time of the aquatic predator, a water scorpion Nepa cinerea.

Best of my pond creature photos

beetles, Caddisfly, Ephemeroptera, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, odonata, water boatman, water louseBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 15, 20134 Comments

To celebrate the launch of the Freshwater Habitats Trust, I thought I would do a ‘best of’ my pond creature photos (some of which are being used by the FHT). These are a few of the nicer shots I’ve taken. First up, the first photo I was happy with of a four spotted chaser dragonfly…

Lesser backswimmers Plea minutissima

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, wat tyler cp, water boatmanBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 17, 2013Leave a comment

The Lesser backswimmer Plea minutissima is often overlooked, being quite small (about 3mm long), resembling and often mistaken for a small nymph of the ‘greater’ backswimmer (Notonecta sp.). They are a real pain to photograph, rarely stopping long enough to find such a small creature in the frame, let a alone focus on them! I…

Lesser water boatman

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, water boatmanBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 9, 20131 Comment

Just a quick post and photo. I’ll have to blog about these cracking little bugs one day, but for now here is a a pic of a lesser water boatman.

Pond creatures – ‘meet your neighbours’ style

amphibian, beetles, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, newt, wat tyler cp, water boatmanBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 4, 20131 Comment

Had another go at the ‘Meet the Neighbours’ style photos i.e. with a white background. Got some I’m pretty happy with. Newt tadpoles Lesser water boatman. Colymbetes fucus Diving beetle.

Upside down lesser water boatman

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, wat tyler cp, water boatmanBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 31, 2013Leave a comment

Photographing more pond creatures today this lesser water boatman suffered from delusions of grandeur, sitting upside down at the surface like one of its larger relatives the greater water boatman . This algae eater is not going to kid anyone though, for as well as being smaller, it lacks that needle like mouth that the…

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