by David Clarke | Jul 4, 2016 | Flowers, Insects & Spiders, Italy
This crab spider wouldn’t win too many prizes for camouflage, but he sat patiently waiting all day on this buddleia blossom for an unsuspecting bee/butterfly/moth to come within striking range.
Canon G3X at 220mm (600mm equiv) ISO640 1/160 at f/5.6
by David Clarke | Jul 3, 2016 | Insects & Spiders, Italy
A crowd of rose chafers getting down to business on a pear.
Canon Gx3 at 220mm (600mm equiv) ISO2501/80 at f/8
by David Clarke | Jul 2, 2016 | Flowers, Insects & Spiders, Italy
A bee-fly collecting pollen from a lavender bloom seems to be an innocent enough activity, but the reality is that the danger lurks – the lavender is woven with many spiders’ webs, and the spiders are just waiting …
Canon EOS-100D with Canon 70-200mm IS L lens at 135mm. ISO800 1/200 at f/8
by David Clarke | Jun 30, 2016 | Flowers, Insects & Spiders, Italy
Two rose chafers (out of dozens) enjoying the abundance of pollen in the cotoneaster flowers in our garden.
Canon G3X ISO500 1/500 at f/8 & 220mm (600mm equiv)
by David Clarke | Jun 29, 2016 | Flowers, Insects & Spiders, Italy
Rose chafers loving all the blossom on a large cotoneaster.
Canon G3X ISO500 1/500at f/8
by David Clarke | Jun 27, 2016 | Insects & Spiders, Italy, Places
I think this lizard fancied himself as a bit of a hunk.
Canon Gx3 ISO500 1/640 at f/9