tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512356822916609819.post8578526374725287295..comments2024-01-09T23:14:55.682+00:00Comments on JJ's Photographic nature blog: It's fun to wander through, the alphabet with you...JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07910443806244769469noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512356822916609819.post-72751496039237752742015-09-24T18:02:42.005+01:002015-09-24T18:02:42.005+01:00Hi Mandy.
Thanks for taking time to comment here. ...Hi Mandy.<br />Thanks for taking time to comment here. Yes, I just thought I'd try something different for this update. It's easy for things to get a little stale and although I have tried various options to spice things up a little, they look good on a PC but not mobile devices most times. It is time consuming too of course. <br /><br />Those bronze shieldbugs do seem to exhibit stronger colours the closer we get to winter. The elephant larvae have had a real good year locally. Even today I saw two more on the willowherb.<br /><br />Yes, I do go through phases with bugs and insects. One time it was Issus coleoptratus, a hopper that I particularly like. Then there was the time that I got fascinated by collembola. I love salticids too and also went through a time where I was looking solely for spiders.<br /><br />Thanks again for your interest and lovely comment.JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07910443806244769469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512356822916609819.post-22533103329110685882015-09-24T12:20:34.966+01:002015-09-24T12:20:34.966+01:00Okaaay..... finally I got to look at your blog thr...Okaaay..... finally I got to look at your blog through my big screen, which is why I had not commented. Doing it via my Kindle is a bit of a pain. I love the theme here and thought about trying something like that myself but to be honest I haven't got the energy. I love the notebook look of the photos too.<br /><br />You always make those Eriocampa larvae look SOOOOO cute! I haven't seen any this year but normally do, and I know how hard it is to make them lift up their heads and get out of the curled up position. Impressed by the bronze shield bug looking so blue - I've not seen one of them. Really envious that you've seen Ele Hawkmoth larvae again - I have been looking in vain again. And that dead one with the Scorpion fly is brilliant.<br /><br />Do you ever go through phases with insects and spiders, with ones that are your faves for that year? A few years ago I couldn't get enough of spiders, particularly jumping spiders and trying to photograph them. I haven't shot a single 'saltie' this year! I think this year has been about butterflies and moths because real macro was a bit hard. Though I have enjoyed seeing little jumping 'specks' on my indoor windowsills cos I know what they are now. ;-)Millymollymandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990749863025598526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512356822916609819.post-21181573556073123212015-09-19T09:57:48.966+01:002015-09-19T09:57:48.966+01:00Ha! I did consider adding Z. caerulea that I found...Ha! I did consider adding Z. caerulea that I found a while back but these are all recent finds and so decided to stay with that. I knew you'd be looking for shieldbugs though Maria! <br />Erm...yeah, I have had yellow underwing eggs before but from memory they were larger than these. <br /><br />Thanks as always for your interest and comment Maria ;-)JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07910443806244769469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512356822916609819.post-17880515466504514462015-09-18T11:24:38.185+01:002015-09-18T11:24:38.185+01:00Well now, you could have found Zicrona caerulea!! ...Well now, you could have found Zicrona caerulea!! ;-)<br />Brilliant again and very entertaining! Scrolled down eventually, full of antisipation: SHIELDBUG!! But no..., thankfully I didn't have to go much further to see one. What a cracking T. luridus that is. Gorgeous iridescence you've captured! Lovely to see the Woundwort SB too!<br />Your tiny caterpillars *might* be Large yellow underwing (Noctua pronuba) as they tend to lat their eggs in clusters like it. <br />The mystery larva is a mystery to me too! Lol!<br />MxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com