Critique Jaws of life.

Graham · 17 Apr 2015

Hi all,
Found more life out in the hills here, Not sure what happened to some shots, look a bit colourless, anyhow, minor things worry no one.
#1 Found this Ant tending to a small cluster of Aphids
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#2 A nice Lacewing
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#3 At long last they arrive, the stick insects, about 2 inches long so maybe last years babies.
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#4 A crab spider I think
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#5 At 1st I thought this was a hoverfly , not until I got home and now I see its a Bee of some sort
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Graham · 17 Apr 2015

#6 Another Speckled Cricket
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#7 A Butterfly, I`m going with this
Northern Brown Argus male ?
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Thanks for looking and any C&C is welcome.

poacher · 17 Apr 2015

I think it is a brown argus, it`s got the little black marks on each wing, not sure if it`s a male or female because of the angle it`s taken at but the female has a bit of blue. I have checked it on uk butterflies

http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=agestis

hoftwi · 17 Apr 2015

Cute face of No.3 & 6, great find and shots Graham

Paul Iddon · 17 Apr 2015

#1 steals the show for those pincers!

Paul.

Graham · 17 Apr 2015

hoftwi said:
Cute face of No.3 & 6, great find and shots Graham

Thanks icy, my other half found lots of stick insects, well she does have better eyes than me lol
That cricket shot for me is outstanding.

Graham · 17 Apr 2015

Paul Iddon said:
#1 steals the show for those pincers!

Paul.

Cheers Paul, I was going to do a close crop of the head and jaws but decided against it.. Got to love these big ants.

LCPete · 20 Apr 2015

Great set the first one of the ant is superb like the butterfly a lot too it is a brown argus but not sure what type northern or normal

Neil Burnell · 20 Apr 2015

Great finds there Graham, the stick insect is my favourite and I know they are not easy to shoot and you have done a better job than me!

ChrisA · 20 Apr 2015

I agree with Graham that the stick insect is the best, love it's pose and look.

Graham · 20 Apr 2015

Neil Burnell said:
Great finds there Graham, the stick insect is my favourite and I know they are not easy to shoot and you have done a better job than me!

ChrisA said:
I agree with Graham that the stick insect is the best, love it's pose and look.

Thanks guys, much appreciated as always. Yes that stick insect is nice and these were always moving so not easy to shoot but as I said somewhere above I do prefer the cricket the most.