I found this Rose Chafer #Beetle while on a trip to #Anglesey back in July. It was clumsily flying around and landed on a busy path in need of rescue. 🪲:Cinnabar Moth 🔬:Cetonia aurata 📍:Birmingham UK #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #coleoptera #insect #emerald #green

I found a mating pair of #sawflies. As they were predisposed I managed a few shots. These individuals are from one of the several Rhogogaster species found in the #UK 🔬:Rhogogaster Sp. 📍:Birmingham UK #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #hymenoptera #sawfly

I've been trying to be more #mindful of the little things. I am getting great joy from watching my #wildflower #meadow develop. Here's my two favourite #springtime flowers: Cowslip (Primula veris) & Snake's head fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris) #nature #wildlife #conservation #haymeadow

These #fungi add a much needed splash of #colour to the #woodland at this time of the year. 🍄:Scarlet/Ruby Elfcup 🔬:Sarcoscypha sp. 📍:Birmingham UK #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #fungifriends #mushroom #fungus #mycology #elfcup #saprotroph

Been rekindling my love for #bird #photography in the last few weeks and I have always had a soft-spot for this #species 🐦:Nuthatch 🔬:Sitta europaea 📍:Birmingham UK The nuthatch uses mud to shape the entrance to their tree cavity nests. #woodlandbird #woodland #bird #nuthatch #nature #wildlife

Here's a pretty little mushroom I found in my lawn I thought you #fungifriends may like. Not 100% with the I.D. so if you know better let me know! 🍄:Moss Bell 🔬:Galerina hypnorum 📍:Birmingham UK #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #fungi #mushroom #fungus #mycology

Today I am feeling super proud to have one of my photographs awarded Highly Commended in the @royentsoc.bsky.social photography competition 2024. 🔬: Anoplophora zonatrix 📍:Kerinci Seblat, Indonesia #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #longhorn #beetle #insectweek #indonesia

I hadn't had the pleasure of finding these suede beauties before. I found this cluster whilst #coppicing an old overstood Hazel stool. 🍄: Spring Hazelcup 🔬: Encoelia furfuracea #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #fungifriends #fungus #mycology #hazel #cupfungi

Hoverflies are often mistaken for #bees or #wasps, but these #dipterans have no ability to sting you. This is entirely intentional evolutionary trait known as Batesian mimicry. 🔬:Syrphinae sp. 📍: Worcestershire, UK #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #hoverfly #hoverflies

Some #moths look so #fluffy up close. These 'hairs' are actually modified scales which are individually pigmented aiding #camouflage. 🐛:Silver Y 🔬:Autographa gamma 📍:Birmingham UK #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #moth #lepidoptera #wildlifephotography #invertebrate

I found this #cricket whilst on a night #trek in a #jungle in #westsumatra, #Indonesia. The dew drops #magnify the striking markings on the wingcase. 🦗:Nisitrus insignis 📍:Kerinci Seblat, #Sumatra #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #indonesia #kerinciseblat #jungletrek

I am appreciating the form of #fungi at the moment. This glorious collection were high up, but I couldn't resist the #photo. Can you see the lurking #shroom? 🍄:Oyster 🔬:Pleurotus ostreatus 📍:Birmingham UK #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #fungifriends #fungus #mushroom

Here's a photo of a cool #fungi for all you #fungifriends. This #mushroom was on the same branch of as one of my previous posts. 🍄:Winter Polypore 🔬:Lentinus brumalis 📍:Birmingham UK #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #mycology #fungus #mushroom #mushroom

The #spiral shape is found frequently in #nature and is very pleasing to the eye. This is because they follow the #goldenratio, this formula has informed #art. 🐌:White Lipped Snail 🔬:Cepaea hortensis 📍:Birmingham UK #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #snail #snails

Wishing you all a happy #NewYear! I'd like to share my favourite #photo of the 2024 season. This #bee was in my #wildflowermeadow make #wildlifegardening your 2024 #resolution. 🐝:Cellophane Bee 🔬:Colletes sp. 📍:Birmingham UK #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #bees

Some #weevils are astonishingly #beautiful. I love the #iridescent rainbow colours this particular #weevil has on its #exoskeleton. 🪲:Aspen Leaf Rolling Weevil 🔬:Byctiscus populi 📍: Worcestershire UK #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #beetle #coleoptera #rainbow #colors

The term #bug gets banded around colloquially to mean all #insects but to #entomologists the 'true bugs' are members of the order #hemiptera. 🪳:Green Shieldbug 🔬:Palomena prasina 📍:Birmingham UK #macroaddicts #green #macro #invertebrate #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #shieldbug #stinkbug

#Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) is often over zealously removed despite being a poplar choice for pollinators. It is also essential to one day flying #moth with a striped #caterpillar. 🐛:Cinnabar Moth 🔬:Tyria jacobaeae 📍:Birmingham UK #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife

Here's a little #bee I found foraging on yarrow earlier this year. 🐝:Blood Bee 🔬:Sphecodes sp. 📍:Birmingham UK #Bees in this genus are known as #cuckoobees, which are brood #parasites. Laying their eggs in other solitary bee nests. #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife

This #fungus has massive #genetic plasticy due to its over 23 ,000 mating types. 🍄:Split Gill 🔬:Schizophyllum commune 📍:Birmingham UK Their unusually divided #gills are characteristic. #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #fungifriends #mycology #fungus #mushroom #fungi

I sometimes also photograph #birds, here's an Amber Listed Species from the #UK 🐦:Stock Dove 🔬:Columba oenas 📍:Birmingham UK This species nests in cavities within trees. #nature #wildlife #bird #wildlifephotography #woodland #wood #tree #forest #birdphotography #rspb

What's that? It's #flyfriday? Go on then.. I found this fly sat on my bag whilst on a jungle trek into Kerinci Seblat National Park. 🪰:Phytomia zonata? 📍: #Sumatara, #Indonesia What do you think of it's cool eyes 👀? #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #diptera #fly #flies

It's #Winter here in the #UK so with few insects around to photograph I have turned to an emerging passion for the season #fungal #photography 🍄:Winter Polypore 🔬:Lentinus brumalis 📏:Cap ~2.5cm 📍:Birmingham UK #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #fungifriends #fungi #fungus

Blown away by the response to my last post, I think I have finally found my community in #bluesky I'd like to say hi! I'm Doug, a #nature lover and amateur #wildlifephotographer who loves #macro. I work in #wildlifeconservation in the UK and love #walking and #travel. #newtobluesky #community

Some #mushrooms exude slime, the stipe of this #fungus looks almost glass like. The wet appearance gives this #fungi its common name. 🍄:Dripping Bonnet 🔬:(Roridomyces roridus) 📏:Cap ~8mm 📍:Birmingham, UK #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #mycology #mushroom #fungifriends

This #butterfly is near identical to another which shares a similar distribution and habitat, the Essex Skipper. Brown tips on the anttenna separate them. 🐛:Small Skipper 🔬:(Thymelicus sylvestris) 📍:Birmingham UK #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #butterflies #lepidoptera

I find the social hierarchies of insects fascinating, #ants are a great example of an #superorganism within which each individual has a defined role within the society. Slave-Maker Ant (Formica sanguinea) #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #hymenoptera #ant #socialinsects

Here's an impressive #fungus I found last year whilst conserving a #sssi #grassland. Meadow Waxcap (Cuphophyllus pratensis) #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #fungifriends #westmidlands #mycology #waxcap #hygrocybe #fungi #conservation

#Beetles are the most diverse group of insects and of them the #weevils are one of my favourite. Acorn Weevil (Curculio glandium) The elongated snout (rostrum) is used for boring into plant material, females of this species lay their eggs in #acorns. #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife

Another beautiful #fungi for you today, in a less usual colour, blue. Blue Roundhead (Stropharia caerulea) 📍Birmingham, UK #birmingham #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #fungus #fungifriends #mushroom #mycology #wildlifephotography

The distinction between a #moth and #butterfly is not as simple as their presence in day or night. Here is a day flying moth: Six-spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae) 📍: Dudley, UK 📅: July #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #lepidoptera #nature #wildlife #moths #westmidlands #moths

This is one of my favourite photographs of a #lemur from my trip to #Madagascar in 2023. Whilst on a #jungletrek we encountered this sleepy Lemur resting in a hole in the tree. Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur sp.) 📍 #Kirindyforest #Wildlifephotography #nature #wildlife #endemic #primate #jungle

Jumping spiders see the world very differently to us. For starters some have #tetrachromatic vision allowing them to see #UV light. Their large front eyes (AME) have two lenses allowing them to zoom like a telephoto lens. #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #indonesia #travel

Some #fungi are incredibly tiny requiring keen eyes to spot, this #mushroom has a cap measuring only 3mm 🤯 Holly Parachute (Marasmius hudsonii) 📍 #Birmingham UK The cap and stem are covered in bristly hairs (setae) #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #fungifriends #mycology

Shiny Woodlouse (Oniscus asellus) #Detritivores play an important role in #ecosystems when it comes to nutrient cycling. Woodlouse are not actually insects as some believe but #isopods an Order of #crustaceans. #woodlouse #isopod #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife

#Dipteran Unknown 🪰 This #fly landed on my boot whilst on a boat cruise visiting #tanjungputing #nationalpark in #borneo #indonesia Some dipterans have very cool #patterns in their compound eyes. These #eyes reminds me of #deerfly or #horsefly I.D. welcome #macroaddicts #macro #nature #wildlife

#Butterflies are often very #colourful and sometimes with striking eyespots which they use to confuse predators. 🔍🐛: Saribia tepahi 🌍📍: #Madagascar #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotographg #trekking #jungle #butterfly #lepidoptera #pollinator

#Dragonflies and #Damselflies both have incredibly large compound eyes which give them near 360° vision. This combined with their agile #flight means they are effective hunters with ~90% success. 🤯 #odonata #dragonfly #damselfly #macroaddicts #macro #predator #macrophotography #wildlife #nature

A common phobia is Spiders. For the most part #spiders pose no danger to humans and in fact provide a valuable ecosystem service as #apexpredators they work as pest control. This #jumpingspider ambushes prey, not relying on a web. #macro #spider #macroaddicts #arachnid #oOOo #wildlife #nature

Another in the #wildlifegardening series. These sweet bees nest in my #bee hotel every year. Red #MasonBee 🐝 Osmia bicornis These #bees use mud to 'brick up' their brood cells. #savethebees #macroaddicts #hymenoptera #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #macro #solitarybee

Whilst in Madagascar I was lucky enough to see this Elephant-eared #Chameleon (Calumma brevicorne). This species is #endemic to #Madagascar 📍:Andasibe Mantadia #reptile #lizard #jungle #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography #camouflage #endemic #travel #ecotourism #trekking #Africa

I like the effect of the man made surfaces in this photo. I usually shoot in natural settings so the straight lines make a refreshing change. Asian Common Toad 🐸 (Duttaphrynus melanostictus) #toad #amphibian #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #indonesia #frog #naturephoto

Amethyst Deciever 🍄 (Laccaria amethystina) This fungus is a symbiont that shows a strong preference for growing in symbiosis with Beech. #macroaddicts #macro #photography #purple #woodland #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #fungifriends #fungi #mushroom #symbiotic #fungal

Ladybirds make great subjects for #macrophotography Their brightly coloured wing-cases (elytra) often make them 'pop' from the background. Here's a very common native #ladybird in the #UK, the Seven-spot (Coccinella septempunctata). #macroaddicts #macro #nature #wildlife #ladybug #beetle #red

Gardening for #wildlife is so rewarding, this showed up in my wildflower meadow earlier this year. Species: Black-tailed Aphid Eater (Eupeodes luniger) #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #conservationgardening #conservation #fly #diptera #mimic #photography #wildlifephotography

I have always had a soft spot for butterflies, but they can be tricky subjects to photograph! Species:Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) 🐛Food plant: Cock's foot grass and others 📍: #BirminghamUK #macro #butterflies #wildlife #photography #lepidoptera #nature #invertebrates #entomology #butterfly

Blackening Waxcap (Hygrocybe conica) A widespread and highly variable fungus associated with unimproved grassland. With age the entire mushroom will turn black. 📏: 8cm 📍: #birminghamuk #mycology #fungifriends #mushroomlovers #waxcap #conservation #fungi #photography #wildlife #ukwildlife

This is a Crimson Waxcap (Hygrocybe punicea) one of the UK's largest Waxcap species. Habitat loss has led the Crimson Waxcap to be red data listed on the IUCN species list, meaning it is vulnerable to extinction. #conservation #habitatloss #dudley #wildlife #mycology #fungi #waxcap #photography

First post on Bluesky Hoping to find other wildlife lovers here. Subject: Salmon Eggs Slime Mould Size: 3mm #wildlife #macro #photography #wildlifephotography #mushrooms #fungi #mycology