2014 - 365 Project
153/365v2 Alyssum Purple
This Alyssum Purple lives in one of our hanging baskets in the garden – the flowers are tiny but abundant and colourful.
June 2, 2014 No Comments
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This Alyssum Purple lives in one of our hanging baskets in the garden – the flowers are tiny but abundant and colourful.
So, yesterday I had a new bug (to me) to photograph, and today I have another one. Who knew there was such a thing as a “Tiger Crane Fly” (Nephrotoma flavescens)? Certainly not me, but here was one flapping around Dunmow this afternoon. He’s behind bars now like too many
as we tend to do, we had a good walk around Rowney Woods today. I had my macro lens with me so was trying to find any creepy crawlies that were around when I came across this which was quite a surprise – the picture below shows what I saw
Walking through West Wood just outside Thaxted this afternoon we saw plenty of Cuckoo Spit. Inside this, apparently, is a froghopper nymph.
It’s been a miserable day here with rain all day. It eventually stopped at about 8.30pm and I dashed out to catch the very last of the fading light. It was blowing a bit so getting anything sharp proved to be a bit problematic, however, I liked this shot of
It’s been a wet and dreary day today so it was a case of nipping out into the garden between the showers and grabbing what was available. I ended up with a selection of garden snail macro shots which I quite enjoyed. This fella was having a snooze on a
Messing around in the back garden with a flash and a dandelion cloak. A really like the brightness of the seed heads in this shot.
I have no idea what this little bug is, but I love the fact that it fulfills all the cliches when you think about what a bug should look like.
Another shot from the garden today – this time a chive seed head / flower bud thing 😉
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