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  • Photo: Ant

    One of the millions of Ants working around Arne today
    on11 Mar 2012

  • Photo: Barbed Broad-bodied Chaser

    Male broad-bodied chaser dragonfly. 27/04/11.
    on27 Apr 2011

  • Photo: Firecrest Fodder

    Firecrest (Regulus ignicapillus) feeding in holly tree. RSPB Arne, Dorset, UK. Unsurprisingly the UK's smallest bird feeds on something infinitesimally smaller still. In close-up it looks like insect larvae of some variety.
    on11 Feb 2012

  • Photo: Four Spotted Chaser

    Coombe Heath. One of the best places to see Dragons.
    on2 May 2011

  • Photo: Four Spotted Chaser

    This poor thing was quite damaged. Probably injured by ants or pond skaters as it emerged. It's a vulnerable time for Dragons, as their wings need to unfold, fill up with blood and dry out. If they do not safely emerge, and their wings are attacked, they have little chance of ever flying. Such a...
    on2 May 2011

  • Photo: Four Spotted Chaser Detail

    Four spotted chaser eye detail. Arne, Dorset, UK. 29/05/11.
    on30 May 2011

  • Photo: Four Spotted Chaser Profile

    Four spotted chaser dragonfly (Libellula quadrimaculata) detail. Arne, Dorset, UK. 29/05/11.
    on30 May 2011

  • Photo: Glow Worm Green Light

    Female glow worm (Lampyris noctiluca) on scrubby heathland border. Arne, Dorset, UK.
    on31 Jul 2011

  • Photo: Glow-worm Chamber

    Female glow worm (Lampyris noctiluca). Arne, Dorset, UK. 30 second exposure showing abdominal movement. The females occasionally waggle their brightly lit bottoms like this to attract a mate. It also works on passing photographers. Self-illuminated.
    on25 Jul 2011

  • Photo: Glow-worm Detail

    Female glow worm on heather. Arne, Dorset, UK. Side-lit with an LED torch. The most efficient LED only converts 22% of energy into light, whereas the glow worm manages close to 100%.
    on25 Jul 2011

  • Photo: Glow-worm Lantern

    Female glow worm (Lampyris noctiluca). Arne, Dorset, UK. Additional backlighting using an LED torch. This one's for Michael!
    on25 Jul 2011

  • Photo: Hornet Robberfly Apex

    Hornet robberfly (Asilus crabroniformis) on Coombe Heath. Arne, Dorset, UK. The leonine king of this micro savannah. Ospreys? Pah!
    on18 Aug 2011

  • Photo: Hornet Robberfly Embrace

    Hornet robberfly (Asilus crabroniformis) liquidising a freshly caught grasshopper. Arne, Dorset, UK.
    on15 Aug 2011

  • Photo: Hornet Robberfly Ingestion

    Hornet robberfly (Asilus crabroniformis) consuming a freshly caught grasshopper. Arne, Dorset, UK.
    on15 Aug 2011

  • Photo: Hornet Robberfly Injection

    Hornet robberfly (Asilus crabroniformis) consuming a freshly caught grasshopper. Arne, Dorset, UK. Steadily sucking the juices out of its unfortunate prey.
    on15 Aug 2011

  • Photo: Ladybird

    Taken on the Arne reserve in early March 2012,
    on12 Mar 2012

  • Photo: Ladybird on the March

    Taken early March 2012 on the Arne reserve.
    on12 Mar 2012

  • Photo: Meadow Brown Butterfly

    Maniola Jurtina – male, I believe. Photographed on 14th July 2011 whilst I was waiting for a shot of the young Kestrel, so it's not macro-photography! (It was taken with a focal length of 600mm at a moderate distance.)
    on15 Jul 2011

  • Photo: Mono Minotaur Beetle

    Minotaur beetle (Typhaeus typhoeus) on the heath at Arne. Dorset, UK. 17/11/11. Several in evidence on this day.
    on18 Nov 2011

  • Photo: Silver-Studded Blue Butterfly

    Silver-studded blue butterfly (Plebeius argus) on the heath at RSPB Arne, Dorset, UK. 06/06/11.
    on9 Jun 2011

  • Photo: Spider-Hunting Wasp

    A spider hunting wasp (Anoplius viaticus?) with paralysed prey on heathland. Arne, Dorset, UK.
    on28 Mar 2012

  • Photo: Tiger Beetle Challenge

    Green tiger beetle (Cicindela campestris). Arne, Dorset, UK. Just how close to a tiger beetle can one get with a macro lens I wondered? About this close and not much closer I concluded. They don't seem to like facing their own reflection in the lens cover however - and who could blame them. The...
    on3 Apr 2012

  • Photo: Tiger Beetles Are Back

    Green tiger beetle (Cicindela campestris) on the heath. Arne, Dorset, UK. Tangling with pretty much anything which came within a 20cm radius. Wouldn't sit still for a portrait.
    on28 Mar 2012

  • Photo: Wood Ant Alert

    Wood ant (Formica rufa) at Arne. 27/02/11.
    on27 Feb 2011

  • Photo: Wood Ants and Aphids

    Wood ants tending to aphids on gorse. Arne, Dorset, UK. I can't be sure that this was an example of mutualism in action but the ants didn't show any signs of aggression during the time that I watched. I returned 2 days later and they were still in attendance. Ants are known to feed off...
    on7 Apr 2012
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