Summer bugs - #adsactly #ecotrain

in #adsactly • 6 years ago

The summer months have brought about many unusual looking bugs in the woods this year!

Here is a little fella that I saw resting on our fence. He has very unusual colourings...

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This image was taken using my Nikon D5300 and my contemporary 18 - 300mm lens.

Thank you for looking!

Much love, @beautifulbullies xx

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     6 years ago 

    Nice photo, I had to find out what it was, what with that pretty awesome looking beak and it's a Scorpion Fly

    The scorpion fly is a strange looking insect which is found in gardens, hedgerows and woodland edges, particularly amongst nettles and Bramble. It has a long beak-like projection from its head that is uses to feed, scavenging on dead insects and frequently stealing the contents of spider's webs. It lives up to its name by sporting a scorpion-like tail, which the male uses in courtship displays. Adults usually mate at night, but mating can be a dangerous game for the male, who might easily be killed by the female. So he presents her with a nuptial gift of a dead insect or a mass of saliva to placate her - the equivalent of a box of chocolates! The resulting eggs are laid in the soil and the emerging larvae live and pupate at the soil surface.

    http://www.bbowt.org.uk/species/scorpion-fly

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     6 years ago 

    haha that's awesome, thank you! :D

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       6 years ago 

      Ooh, that would be an amazing pattern on a long dress! Nature is always giving me ideas.

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       6 years ago 

      Mother Nature is the ultimate designer isn't she! :D

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       6 years ago 

      A beautiful macro beast. Thank you for sharing your photo. X

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       6 years ago (edited)

      thank you @sherylneil :) x

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         6 years ago 

        Lovely! What a gorgeous orange colour for the background <3 Cool to see you made this with a zoom lens! You can do a lot with it :-) Hope you are doing well! <3

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         6 years ago 

        Thank you @soyrosa! Yes, I am doing great thank you, I hope you are too? :) The orange colour is the colour of my garden fence, my neighbours call it the tomato soup colour haha It's not the best picture, but I thought the insect was fascinating to look at so I wanted to share it! @trucklife-family actually found out what he was too! He is in fact a Scorpian Fly! I have never learned so much about bugs until I getting my camera lol

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