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    Unknown Longhorn - bit of help please.

    My 'bug of the day' was this super Longhorn Beetle species. Can't pin it down to a specific ID. Body length 10mm. Cambridgeshire UK. May 2012. Many thanks in advance for help with the ID. Joe
  2. J

    Mystery Insect - Baffled! Cambs UK

    Hi all. This little bristley beastie has me completely baffled. Six legs,so I'm calling it an insect. Very small, 3.5mm. I'm thinking nymph or lavae of some unkown critter,but could be an adult. Found on a reed leaf in a cambridgeshire fenland habitat,15.08.2011. Any ideas or thoughts will be...
  3. J

    Damsel Bug - Nabidae - ID help. cambs UK

    Hi all. A bit of help required with the ID of this Damsel Bug, if possible. I have photographed several Tree Damsel Bugs (Himacerus apterus) over the last few days, but this one is giving me problems. Wings look a bit long for Tree, but, IMO, antennae seem a tad too long for Ant Damsel Bug...
  4. J

    Small Beetle - unable to ID - cambs UK

    A smidgin's worth of help needed please. This little chap, 5mm long, has beaten all of my ID attempts. I can't even pin it down to family as the awkward little so and so seems to be made up of bits from a ton of other species! :-O Picture taken July, damp woodland edge (fen). Any ideas...
  5. J

    Easy Micro Moth - ID please?, cambs UK

    Can anyone put me out of my misery and give a name to this cute little chap? I'm no longer happy calling 'em 'teddy bear moths' :-O Very small, approx 4mm 'face on'. Thanks in advance, Joe
  6. J

    Yet another micro flower, cambs,UK

    Another tiny little plant that has fooled me. Low growing (2-3cm) mat forming, tiny flower - 5mm, growing on a pond edge at a disused brickworks, so soil is a mix of sand and clay.. Leaves seem 'succulent' type. Any ideas?
  7. J

    another 'micro' Wild Flower, cambs UK. Help Please!

    This little flower has me at a complete dead end although I bet I've missed the obvious! The nearest I can come up with is Fairy Flax, but, having never seen one before I really haven't a clue. Growing with sandworts, cranesbill's, wild pansies, scarlet pimpernels, mouse-ears, and other 'rough...
  8. J

    Hoverfly(ish) fly ID help needed. cambs UK

    Another one of those confusing 'not quite a hoverfly' critters. (those ones that rest with closed wings) Help getting it down to family if not species greatly appreciated. My own attempts at ID have reached me towards a Xylota species, but I'm probably miles out. So Ficedula, if you're about...
  9. J

    Wild Flower - Betony? Dead nettle? cambs UK

    Hi all. At first I had this down as betony, now I'm not so sure. Found in a group on a bank of rough ground in amongst horseradish, cranesbills, and a selection of all of the common 'waste ground' plants. Varied in height from 15cm to 30cm and just coming into flower. Dead nettle or woundwort...
  10. J

    Dovesfoot Cranesbill white variant? cambs UK

    This little beggar has me puzzled! I stand to be corrected but I'm thinking this is a white variant of Dovesfoot Cranesbill. Definitely a geranium species, same smell and same leaves. There were several plants together, all white ones. I followed several stems down to the leaf bases just to...
  11. J

    Diptera Guys - Another name please? UK

    Well, with thanks and help, I've managed to put names to all of last weeks diptera except this little beauty. Any ideas greatly appreciated. Joe
  12. J

    Lesser Treble-bar or carpet sp.? UK

    Moths are my weak point! What do you reckon? Is this a Lesser-Treble-bar or a carpet moth species? Bad photo as it was buried under a hedge.
  13. J

    UK Fly Id please - family will do

    Hi all. I can't even get this little chap down to family let alone a species. It's a common enough fly, and the 'club tail' must be an ID pointer. With 1000's of british ditpera to choose from, and many of 'em being similar, I know it's hard to give a species ID from a photo, but just getting...
  14. J

    Unknown chickweed/stitchwort? UK Help

    I can't identify this little beggar! Had it down as common chickweed but un-notched petals have me puzzled. Flower 4mm. Like a numpty, I didn't take a photo of the entire plant. Any ideas from just the flower and buds? Growing on very poor,sandy ground, so could be stunted. Joe
  15. J

    Moth ID - Wainscot sp.? cambs

    Moth ID - Wainscot sp. plus 4 From saturday night. Five that I am unable to put a name to. 1. Wainscot species? 2. Haven't a clue! 3. Poor specimen of Clouded Border? 4. Emerald species? 5. Emerald species, possibly the same as number four? Many thanks, Joe
  16. J

    Blue-tailed Damselfly Female form rufescens?

    Hi all. A smidgin of help needed. Is this an example of a female Blue-tailed Damselfly, form rufescens? Or? Do all newly emerged Blue tails look like this anyway? I don't want to look a numpty and label it as f. rufescens if it's not. Thanks.
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    Orthoptera nymph - Sp. ID help. Cambs,UK

    Hi all, I've 'booked this' as a nymph of the species Meadow Grasshopper, Chorthippus parallelus, only by guesswork. I know that orthoptera are difficult to ID and I doubt the photo shows enough features to be specific. Any ideas as to species, and, if so, what features help with the ID? Thanks...
  18. J

    Wild Flower ID - Cambs UK puzzled!

    Just when I thought I was beginning to get to grips with our wild flowers I come across this little beauty and I'm stumped! 5 inches tall. Flowers 6mm. Habitat, disused railway line, chalk substrate. Photo, May 2011. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks.
  19. J

    Macro - A whole new ball game!

    Hi all. 1st tryout with a raynox dcr-150 and canon ef-s 55-250 IS I'm no stranger to 'normal' butterfly and dragon fly 'close up' stuff but this is a whole new ball game for me and a lot of my 'rules gained through experience' no longer seem to apply in this new field of photography. Appologies...
  20. J

    Macro on a tight budget - Help!

    Hi all. Sorry for the cheeky post but I realy need to 'pick the brains' of BF's macro pool of knowledge/experience. I want a decent macro lens but I only have £200 max to spend. Second hand or new is not an issue. I keep thinking about one of those 'cheap and cheerful' Tamron or Sigma 70-300mm...
  21. J

    Cranesbill species. UK - Double check please

    Hi all. Seeing as I'm not an over confident 'botanist' I would realy appreciate a double check and confirmation that I have these two cranesbill species correct. Don't want to add 'em to my ongoing 'wild flowers of cambridgeshire' project with the wrong names as I'm trying to avoid looking a...
  22. J

    Qick colour fix - Photoshop - Have a bash

    Hi everyone Just sharing an easy, and quick, way to enrich the colours in your final photo, (photoshop CS3, and all ) 1. Do the routine post processing, ie crop, sharpen, brightness/conrast, denoise, resize, save. 2. Open photo in photoshop 3. Create duplicate layer. 4. On the new layer...
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    Tamron 70-300 di ld macro - fault?

    Hi all. Just bought myself, from a car boot, a faulty Tammy 70-300 di ld f4-5.6macro zoom for peanuts. (less than a kentucky bargain bucket) Well chuffed and it'll do for this summers flower and creepy crawly pics. I'm using it with a canon 350D. Initial trials have shown image quality to be...
  24. J

    White Wagtail - cambs UK

    Just confirmation please. Have I, at last, managed to pick out a white waggie amongst our local pieds? If I am, then one out of a hundred 'might be's' over the last few years gives me, i reckon, a deserved pat on the back. Thanks in advance, Joe
  25. J

    Sigma 170-500 APO - poor quality lens or is it me?

    Hi everyone. My good old Tamron 200-500 died! Un repairable. I can't afford to buy a new one, so I've opted, on my budget, for a 2nd hand sigma 170-500 APO, just to get me out birding again. The lens is fine, does what it should etc etc. BUT! So far, my results (image quality ) have been...
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