Mixed bag of invertibrates with added mix

[alfbranch]

A red spider mite it really liked it in this hollow

Red spider mite by Alf Branch, on Flickr

A yellow dung fly

Yellow dung fly by Alf Branch, on Flickr


A beetle an ID would be nice

Beetle by Alf Branch, on Flickr

A grasshopper

Grasshopper by Alf Branch, on Flickr

Some Six spot burnet shots

Six spot burnet caterpillar by Alf Branch, on Flickr

Six spot burnet caterpillar2 by Alf Branch, on Flickr

Six spot burnet by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[davholla]

Very nice - I wonder if the beetle, is a cockchafer although it is a good photo the angle is not quite right for me to see if it is.

 

[alfbranch]

Very nice - I wonder if the beetle, is a cockchafer although it is a good photo the angle is not quite right for me to see if it is.

Thanks David having looked it may be Welsh Chafer - Hoplia philanthus.

 

[Cobra]

Nice set Alf, I really like the dung fly

 

[davholla]

Thanks David having looked it may be Welsh Chafer - Hoplia philanthus.

Excellent I have never heard of that before I think you should irecord that it is looks rareish.
Apparently Cockchafers used to be so common that sometimes in France and Germany they were made into soup.
I wouldn't want to try that - but I would like to see them every year not once every two or three years

 

[alfbranch]

Nice set Alf, I really like the dung fly

Thanks Chris

Excellent I have never heard of that before I think you should irecord that it is looks rareish.
Apparently Cockchafers used to be so common that sometimes in France and Germany they were made into soup.
I wouldn't want to try that - but I would like to see them every year not once every two or three years

David
They have been recorded in Cumbria before where do I record it. If my ID is correct it probably female https://www.ukbeetles.co.uk/hoplia-philanthus
I don't want beetle soup.

 

[davholla]

I don't want beetle soup.

A view we can all share.

 

[Paul Iddon]

Really cool mite mate.

Paul.

 

[alfbranch]

Really cool mite mate.

Paul.

Thanks Paul
I thought you may like that it was inspired by your shots I took at my in-laws while the wife was chatting with them

 

[alfbranch]

A cucumber spider probably Araniella cucurbitina with a not so great looking meal

Cucumber spider and fly by Alf Branch, on Flickr

Any ideas on this it looks like it is probably some kind of beetle larva

What is this 1 by Alf Branch, on Flickr

What is this 2 by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[alfbranch]

A scorpion fly scavenging from a spider web

Scorpion fly by Alf Branch, on Flickr

A five shot handheld stack (not in camera) of I think a broad-bodied chaser

Broad-bodied chaser by Alf Branch, on Flickr

A solitary bee in a rose flower

Bee in rose by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[Cobra]

Another nice set Alf, I don't think I've ever seen a scorpion fly "in the flesh"

I think a broad-bodied chaser

Looks like one to me, again, well captured

 

[Paul Iddon]

Alf, your mystery bug is a thistle tortoiseshell beetle larva.

Really nice find that one.

Paul.

 

[alfbranch]

Another nice set Alf, I don't think I've ever seen a scorpion fly "in the flesh"


Looks like one to me, again, well captured

Thanks Chris
Scorpion flies are common where I shoot especially in brambles

Alf, your mystery bug is a thistle tortoiseshell beetle larva.

Really nice find that one.

Paul.

Thanks Paul
I did get an ID on the tortoiseshell beetle larva the other day but Thanks for confirming it.