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Water spider and diving beetle stacked image

Arachnid, beetles, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, spidersBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 18, 20181 Comment

Back at the start of 2018 in was in the pond man lab experimenting with my photo aquarium set up.  Its the 4th January and it was reasonably mild and my Water Spider Argyroneta aquatica was a bit active, so I popped it into the photo aquarium. for some shots. It climbed around the rush stems…

More pond creatures Black bellied diving beetle and water spider

Arachnid, beetles, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, spidersBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 22, 2017Leave a comment

Following on from my last post, I got the pond creature photography bug back at the end of last month and had an hour lunchbreak to kill, so decided to photograph the 2 species I had captured for a display I was showing The first was a Black bellied (great) diving beetle Dytiscus semisulcatus. The…

Great silver water beelte

beetles, Essex, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeOctober 9, 2014Leave a comment

Here a re few photos of Britain’s heaviest insect, the great silver water beetle Hydrophilus piceus, all taken in a photographic aquarium.

Rhantus Diving beetle larva

beetles, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeAugust 10, 20142 Comments

A few more aquarium shots, of one of the diving beetle larvae I found last week. It was from a pond that had dried out for a few day before being refilled 3 weeks ago, but these larvae either hid in the mud or have grown fast, as they were 2cm long already! EDIT –…

Wasp great diving beetle on white background

beetles, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insectBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 26, 2013Leave a comment

I’ve been playing with white backgrounds with my pond creature photography and I’m getting some OK results so far. Here is a Wasp (great) Diving Beetle.

Diving beetle larva

beetles, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 21, 20131 Comment

Last week was my first attempt at some aquatic invertebrate photograph for a while, but I got some nice shots. This diving beetle larvae ended up posing well. Got a few close ups too

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.

Diving beetle larva covered in Vorticella ciliate

beetles, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 20, 2013Leave a comment

Another quick photo post, this time of a diving beetle larva. This beastie is famous for being a ferocious predator, sometimes attacking prey bigger then itself with its large pincer like mouthparts. They even eat each other! If you look closely you can see its covered in what looks like white fuzz. These are another…

Pond creatures ‘meet the neighbours’ style

beetles, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insectBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 1, 2013Leave a comment

I had another attempt at the ‘meet the neighbours’ style wildlife photography, which involves photographing your subject on a completely white background. I tried it first on a Rhantus Diving beetle in one of my aquariums. I also tried it with a water stick insect. Then a few close ups with a normal background

Colymbetes fuscus and Rhantus frontalis diving beetles

beetles, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeOctober 19, 20121 Comment

A few shots from July, taken with my photographic aquarium set up, of a couple of medium sized diving beetle species. First up Colymbetes fuscus. I also photographed this smaller Rhantus sp. probably Rhantus frontalis.

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