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Dance fly (Empis livida). Copyright 2009 Peter Drury<br /> This specimen was seen at Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK. The image was taken with an Olympus E500 DSLR and Sigma 150 Macro lens. Hand held with flash. f18, 1/160s exposure.
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Dance fly (Empis livida). Copyright 2009 Peter Drury
This specimen was seen at Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK. The image was taken with an Olympus E500 DSLR and Sigma 150 Macro lens. Hand held with flash. f18, 1/160s exposure.

Dance flyEmpis lividaInsectsnature

From Dance fly (Empis livida)

  • Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ishnura elegans) Female. Copyright 2009 Peter Drury
  • Frog Hopper(Neophilaenus campestris). Copyright 2009 Peter Drury<br /> This specimen was seen on Portchester Common. A chalky grassland at the top of Portsdown Hill overlooking Portsmouth Harbour. this is not a particularly common frog hopper and, being only 5mm long, is easy to miss.
  • Frog Hopper (Neophilaenus campestris). Copyright 2009 Peter Drury<br /> This specimen was seen on Portchester Common. A chalky grassland at the top of Portsdown Hill overlooking Portsmouth Harbour. this is not a particularly common frog hopper and, being only 5mm long, is easy to miss.
  • Common Froghopper (Philaenus spumarius). Copyright 2009 Peter Drury<br /> This specimen was seen on Portchester Common. A chalky grassland at the top of Portsdown Hill overlooking Portsmouth Harbour. This, as the name implies, is a common frog hopper but, being only 5mm long, is easy to miss.
  • Meadow grasshopper - Chorthippus parallelus. Copyright 2009 Peter Drury<br /> This specimen was found on Portchester Common. A chalk grassland on top of Portsdown hill overlooking Portsmouth harbour. These grasshoppers have very short wings, about 1/3 - 3/4 the length of the body. Most cannot fly. They feed on various grasses.
  • 6-Spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae). Copyright 2009 Peter Drury
  • Dance fly (Empis livida). Copyright 2009 Peter Drury<br /> This specimen was seen at Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK. The image was taken with an Olympus E500 DSLR and Sigma 150 Macro lens. Hand held with flash. f18, 1/160s exposure.
  • Ladybird Pupae. Copyright 2009 Peter Drury<br /> The ladybird larvae pupate openly on leaves (in this case nettle) from which an adult ladybird will emerge.
  • Silver (Autograha gamma). Copyright 2009 Peter Drury
  • Silver (Autograha gamma). Copyright 2009 Peter Drury
  • Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) Larvae. Copyright 2009 Peter Drury<br /> This ladybird arrived in Britain about 2003 and is spreading rapidly through the south and midlands. They are voracious hunters and are affecting populations of our ladybirds.
  • 2 Spot Ladybird (Adalia 2-punctata). Copyright 2009 Peter Drury<br /> Ladybirds are not categorised by the number of spots that you see nor even the colour. The distictive feature of this ladybird is the mainly black Pronotum (part of body between the head and the wing case) which has five black spots and the black legs. The spots on the wing case can be anything from 0 to 16. <br /> It can be found in low plants and feeds on aphids.<br /> This specimen was found on the south bank of the lagoon amongst the nettles. It is a mainly black variety.
  • 7 Spot Ladybird (Coccinella 7 punctata) Larvae. Copyright 2009 Peter Drury<br /> The second stage of the life cycle of the Ladybird. The larvae above emerges from the egg laid by the female. It feeds on aphids which are abundant and can be seen nearby on the leaf.
  • 10 Spot ladybird (Adalia 10-punctata). Copyright 2009 Peter Drury<br /> Ladybirds are not categorised by the number of spots that you see nor even the colour. The distictive feature of this ladybird is the white Pronotum (part of body between the head and the wing case) which has five black spots and the brown legs. The spots on the wing case can be anything from 0 to 15. <br /> It can be found in deciduous trees and hedgrows and feeds on aphids.<br /> This specimen was found on the south bank of the lagoon amongst the nettles.<br /> Seen March - October.
  • Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ishnura elegans). Copyright 2009 Peter Drury<br /> Seen March - October. Two broods per year in the south.
  • Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae). Copyright 2009 Peter Drury<br /> Seen May - August. This image displays the scarlet hind wing which makes it an attracive moth in flight. Mainly nocturnal but sometimes flies in the day as this specimen was. Larvae feeds on ragwort.
  • Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae). Copyright 2009 Peter Drury<br /> Seen May - August. Mainly nocturnal but sometimes flies in the day as this specimen was. Larvae feeds on ragwort.
  • Gall fly (Urophora stylata) Copyright 2009 Peter Drury
  • Seedhead gall fly (Urophora quadrifasciata) Copyright 2009 Peter Drury
  • Soldier fly (Microchrysa polita) Copyright 2009 Peter Drury
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