My feeble attempt at macro photography

Thank you Hazel let’s hope so

Thanks Linda it’s not so bad if you have something larger than a five pence piece to photograph Lol maybe next time ?

Moth: Possibly Larentiinae or Eridae. Hard to tell as there are so many (plus a host of mimic flies to exclude)
English/European Honeybee: Apis mellifleura
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Moth: Likely Larentiinae (no snout)
English/European Honeybee: Apis mellifleura
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Soldier beetle: Cantharis (rustica)
Fly: Likely hoverfly, maybe Volucella? SO many flies haha
Greenbottle fly: There are several species - Neomyia and Lucilia mostly. Hard to ID from this pic

Gorgeous photos and thanks for sharing! Keep up the learning curve, it keeps us young <3

Brilliant photos ILR, and I'm not just saying that to be nice, macro can be very challenging, so they are brilliant photos and a damned good start. When I first clicked on the first photo of the moth, it was WOW, so clear.

So keep shooting away, and keep sharing.

I'm with Zo on the beetle, a soldier beetle. The cardinal is a ruddish colour, but very similar shape and I think size.

Wow Shezkah so much knowledge, I am impressed and thank you for your nice comments so glad you liked them.

Many thanks Mike for the encouragement, hopefully I might see some butterflies that are on a pit stop the next time
I have a trip butterfly hunting. It was PB that inspired me with his last post, he had so many species and I couldn’t get one to land to enable me to take a photograph, his photos were brilliant.

Not at all feeble, ILR.... Fabulous! Looking forward to your next excursion.... Thanks for sharing

Thanks Very much PB I must admit I am looking forward to having another go and hopefully get some Butterfly models posing for me next time around Lol

i love robins said:

Many thanks Mike for the encouragement, hopefully I might see some butterflies that are on a pit stop the next time

I have a trip butterfly hunting. It was PB that inspired me with his last post, he had so many species and I couldn’t get one to land to enable me to take a photograph, his photos were brilliant.

You're welcome.

We won't have butterflies here for a week or two, and my nearest reserve with a good butterfly (and banded damselfly) contingent, is blocked off by HS2 construction, or a ten mile detour each way, and at todays fuel prices getting ever closer to the £2/ltr.....

So keep snapping away, 

Hi Mike
That is the predicted price for fuel
£2 a litre crazy times, fortunate for
Myself my local reserves are not too far away
And likewise the rivers so yes I will keep
Snapping away.