All the best, Nick.
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Thank you again for your very kind comments Neil, really appreciated.
All the best, Nick.
All the best, Nick.
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Re: hideandseek
Some lovely Clouded Yellow shots Nick, they can be very hard work, you press the shutter release button and end up with a photo of an empty flower head 
and thats after spending ages getting into position 
All the best,
Mike
and thats after spending ages getting into position All the best,
Mike
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Thank you Mike. Photos of empty flower heads! I have a whole library full of them.
All the best, Nick.
Photos of empty flower heads! I have a whole library full of them. All the best, Nick.
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Up date on the Comma larva....
I went to photograph the 3rd instar larva and missed it, it had just shed it`s skin for the final time. [been really busy] So here are three photos of the Comma larva, now two days into the 4th instar stage
I went to photograph the 3rd instar larva and missed it, it had just shed it`s skin for the final time. [been really busy] So here are three photos of the Comma larva, now two days into the 4th instar stage
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18th August...
A different view....Common Blue, female
A different view....Common Blue, female
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A different view...
Common Blue, male....
Common Blue, male....
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A different view..
Wood White, female...
Wood White, female...
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Hi Nick,
Great close-up work. I particularly like the detail of the Wood White wing and antennae
Keep it up ...
Kindest regards. Mark
Great close-up work. I particularly like the detail of the Wood White wing and antennae
Keep it up ...
Kindest regards. Mark
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Stunning, stunning shots Nick I wish I had the craft and the guts to do something so different and execute it so perfectly 
Have a goodun
Wurzel
I wish I had the craft and the guts to do something so different and execute it so perfectly Have a goodun
Wurzel
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Mark, thank you for you very kind words, appreciated as always. The photo of the antennae was extremely difficult to capture, so i am glad you particularly liked that shot, and the photo of the Wood White`s wing, which was only a very small section of the hindwing.
Wurzel, thank you for your extremely kind comments, appreciated as always. I`m sure you will achieve the same standard of photo or better when you get your extension tubes as your photography is already excellent.
All the best, Nick.
The photo of the antennae was extremely difficult to capture, so i am glad you particularly liked that shot, and the photo of the Wood White`s wing, which was only a very small section of the hindwing.Wurzel, thank you for your extremely kind comments,
appreciated as always. I`m sure you will achieve the same standard of photo or better when you get your extension tubes as your photography is already excellent.All the best, Nick.
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A late summers wish............
Clouded Yellow ovum.........
Clouded Yellow ovum.........
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Up date on the Comma larva.....
The Comma larva attached itself to a Nettle leaf stem on the 22.8 at 10.45pm, so i took a few photos before setting off to work the following morning.And when i finished work this is how i found it.
The Comma larva attached itself to a Nettle leaf stem on the 22.8 at 10.45pm, so i took a few photos before setting off to work the following morning.And when i finished work this is how i found it.
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Superb stuff. Vince Massimo has competition! 
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Fantastic close up shots Nick It's great watching their progress, fingers crossed for the Clouded Yellow
Have a goodun
Wurzel
It's great watching their progress, fingers crossed for the Clouded Yellow Have a goodun
Wurzel
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Re: hideandseek
Excellent work Nick
Last year the pupal stages for my Commas lasted between 12 and 20 days. I reared 2 this year which took 13 and 16 days respectively to hatch.
Vince
Last year the pupal stages for my Commas lasted between 12 and 20 days. I reared 2 this year which took 13 and 16 days respectively to hatch.
Vince
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Lovely stuff Nick, great close-ups as always
Mike
Mike
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Thank you David, Wurzel, Vince and Mike for your really kind comments, appreciated.
Wurzel, i have everything crossed for the next generation of Clouded Yellows, so much so i fell on the floor when i tried to get up from my chair.
Vince, it took my Comma nine and a half days to emerge, from the time the larva had attached itself to the Nettle leaf stem. Much quicker than anticapated, i was looking at about fourteen days.
All the best, Nick.
Wurzel, i have everything crossed for the next generation of Clouded Yellows, so much so i fell on the floor when i tried to get up from my chair.
Vince, it took my Comma nine and a half days to emerge, from the time the larva had attached itself to the Nettle leaf stem. Much quicker than anticapated, i was looking at about fourteen days.
All the best, Nick.
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26th August... Hanging on...............just....
Another visit to my local patch on this beautiful sunny afternoon produced so many Brimstones all feeding up for the long winter ahead of them. They did`nt bat an eyelid as i got in their face with my camera, some even landing closer to me than the one i was photographing, which was such a nice change from their normal behaviour of clearing off before you can get anywhere near them. A couple of Peacocks were also seen along with some tatty Silver-washed Fritillaries, all females, Common Blues, an egg laying Wood White, the lastest i have witnessed this, a few Meadow Browns and Gatekeepers plus Green-vained, Small and Large Whites, and just about hanging on was a male Large Skipper. And for a different reason, a Small Copper, hanging on in these woods, just. As this was the first individual i have seen here for two years, so was a lovely surprise...........
Another visit to my local patch on this beautiful sunny afternoon produced so many Brimstones all feeding up for the long winter ahead of them. They did`nt bat an eyelid as i got in their face with my camera, some even landing closer to me than the one i was photographing, which was such a nice change from their normal behaviour of clearing off before you can get anywhere near them. A couple of Peacocks were also seen along with some tatty Silver-washed Fritillaries, all females, Common Blues, an egg laying Wood White, the lastest i have witnessed this, a few Meadow Browns and Gatekeepers plus Green-vained, Small and Large Whites, and just about hanging on was a male Large Skipper. And for a different reason, a Small Copper, hanging on in these woods, just. As this was the first individual i have seen here for two years, so was a lovely surprise...........
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Wow. He looks in decent nick too.hideandseek wrote:26th August...and just about hanging on was a male Large Skipper.
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Agreed that Small Copper looks great, must be using Revitalift That Large Skipper seems really late but then it's been a bit all over the place this year timing wise.
Have a goodun
Wurzel
That Large Skipper seems really late but then it's been a bit all over the place this year timing wise.Have a goodun
Wurzel
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