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I think this is a small purple and gold (Pyrausta aurata) moth also known as a Mint Moth…and we do have mint in the garden. I’m a bit unsure because, well, there’s not much purple on it and last time we had these in the garden they were quite purple.
There’s been a certain lack of energy and inspiration today (well, much of this week to be fair), so all you’re getting today is a moth with a rather vivid purple (plant pot) background 😉
That honey bee from a few days ago is back on the echinacea, but this time she seems to have got something in her eye!
I was mooching around the garden looking for a subject when this tiny moth flew past me and tried to hide behind one of the sunflowers. I found it and here you have today’s photo. By a lucky coincidence I also got that lovely magenta echinacea background, they are definitely
We used to have great bushes of lavender but we had to pull it all out at the start of the year as it had become very woody and overgrown…we gained another quarter of garden by removing it ;-). We did get some new lavender which is potted rather than
Back in the garden and we have lots of buzzing creatures busy pollinating the plants. Here’s a bumble bee on Lavender. I’m sure the honey is delicious!
From the “Who knew this would look any good” school of flower photography. I mean, who turns an image of a sunflower black and white really? I took an infra-red photo of a dandelion seed head some time ago which had a similar effect and I said at the time I’d do
Back in the garden for some more macro photography and I saw this honey bee on the Echinacea. I got a similar shot of a hoverfly on the Echinacea earlier in the year.
I popped on a couple of accessories onto the macro lens today and was rather pleased with the results. This has a 36mm extension tube along with the Raynox M250 magnifying lens on the Nikon 105mm macro. This is a hoverfly on an echinacea and the petals make a great
It’s very rare that I photograph people, but I do like occasionally catching our Camera Club members while we are out and about on photowalks as we were last night. We travelled over to Therfield Heath to see the butterflies there. We nearly postponed the evening as the forecast was
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