FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE

Animals

Photographs and stories from Mark Seton’s continuing photographic journal.

248-365v4 – Small Purple and Gold (Mint) Moth

September 5, 2021

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.

August 28, 2021

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

August 27, 2021

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!

August 26, 2021

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

August 19, 2021

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

August 19, 2021

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

August 18, 2021

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

August 15, 2021

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

July 30, 2021

I definitely attracted some attention from the local sheep as I passed by them on my morning walk today. It was nice of them to

July 25, 2021

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