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Wasp spider wide angle

Arachnid, Essex, spiders, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 28, 2013Leave a comment

A wide angle of a wasp spider from a couple of days ago.

Common lizard on a post

Essex, Lizard, Reptile, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 25, 2013Leave a comment

A quick photo of a common lizard on a post in Wat Tyler Country Park

Rheotanytarsus sp midge larva case

Diptera, Freshwater invertebrates, insectBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 24, 2013Leave a comment

When dipping the river at Bellever on Dartmoor I found a strange looking tube made of sand. I turned out to be the case of a Rheotanytarsus sp midge larva. Sadly it didnt seem to be occupied, but a new one for me anyway.

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Pond life collage

Freshwater invertebratesBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 23, 20133 Comments

As you may have guessed from recent posts I have had a few goes at shooting pond creatures with a white background. They great thing about these images is it is easy to play around with them and make things like a make a collage of them. Here is my first attempt:

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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.

A foxy lady…well lady fox

fox, mammalBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 20, 2013Leave a comment

A few shots from this evening of a lovely vixen. Over the hill. Wandering down the road. Towards me. And posing backlit.

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Screech or squeek beetle Hygrobia hermanni on white background

beetles, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insectBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 19, 2013Leave a comment

A quick 1 photo post. A Screech or squeek beetle Hygrobia hermanni taken in my photographic aquarium

Lesser Yellow legs at West Canvey Marshes video

bird, Canvey, Essex, waderBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 18, 2013Leave a comment

Popped over to West Canvey Marsh RSPB reserve yesterday in my lunch break to see the Lesser Yellow Legs, a bird I have never seen before. It was a distant view, and sadly the design at West Canvey means all birds on the far side of the lake there are and the birds on the…

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Beautiful Demoiselle nymph from Bellever, Dartmoor

Dartmoor, Devon, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, odonataBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 17, 2013Leave a comment

Another thing that turned up in my river sampling was this beautiful demoiselle nymph. I placed it in my photographic aquarium and managed some close ups of this alien look creature. In this photo you can see the large ‘horn’ behind the eye which distinguishes it from the related banded demoiselle. I found it among…

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Leuctridae Stonefly larva in East Dart River

Freshwater invertebrates, StoneflyBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 16, 2013Leave a comment

Back in August last year I did my own river dipping/sampling for the first time, at Bellever on Dartmoor, and managed to find my first ever stonefly nymphs The exact species is hard if not impossible to determin without a specimen under the microscope, but it was kindly Idebtified by Craig Macadam as one of…

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