Bug identifications anyone...

Phil_L

All shot on a blackberry bush. Hand held, full flash exposure, 1:1 magnification, M mode, f11.

Sigma macro, 150 mm fl, Nikon close up flash.

Pic 1





Pic 2. Some sort of wasp??




Pics 3 & 4.
In pic 4 the bug is in the throes of childbirth. Must have been an ordeal because I found her on the same bud next morning.





You can see two of the litle (brown) fellows here. They just crawled off into the bush to fend for themselves.



Plenty of bees and bumblebees, but the dear:humungus things wouldn't cooperate. :rofl

Awais Yaqub

Some nice photos but i don't know who are they as always
i hope wasp face was not too of center

Lord Vetinari

Nice captures- need some work on composition- try to give bugs more headroom in the direction they are facing.
#1 is a dance fly, Empididae- probably Empis species.
#2 is one of the social wasps
#3 is a beetle- not sure but may be one of the chafer beetles

brian v.

Skippy

Phil_L wrote:

All shot on a blackberry bush. Hand held, full flash exposure, 1:1 magnification, M mode, f11.

Sigma macro, 150 mm fl, Nikon close up flash.

Pic 1
Pic 2. Some sort of wasp??
Pics 3 & 4.
In pic 4 the bug is in the throes of childbirth. Must have been an ordeal because I found her on the same bud next morning.
You can see two of the litle (brown) fellows here. They just crawled off into the bush to fend for themselves.
Plenty of bees and bumblebees, but the dear things wouldn't cooperate.

That is one hairy yellow and black beetle
Looks like you had quite an eventful day finding all these little fellows
.... Skippy
.

Phil_L

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Some nice photos but i don't know who are they as always
i hope wasp face was not too of center

Thanks Awais, I appreciate your encouragement.

Hmm.... The wasps head is also a little out of focus?? Maybe I'll nail it next chance.

Phil_L

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Nice captures- need some work on composition- try to give bugs more headroom in the direction they are facing.
#1 is a dance fly, Empididae- probably Empis species.
#2 is one of the social wasps
#3 is a beetle- not sure but may be one of the chafer beetles

brian v.

Thanks for the help Brian, I was hopeing you would have som info to offer.

The wasp wasn't threatening to me nor I to it.
Didnt mind posing for the camera at all.
Hence social??

Thanks also for the pointer on composition.
Will try to incorporate that.
The manual focusing thing is still looming fairly large though.

Phil_L

Skippy wrote:

That is one hairy yellow and black beetle
Looks like you had quite an eventful day finding all these little fellows
.... Skippy
.

Yes, odd little fellow Skippy.

Body of a beetle and markings like a bumble bee.
Could be some sort of camoflage??
Fairly static and quite thankful to shoot pics of.

The bush was a goldmine for macro.