New Bugs

New photos, that is, but this first one was actually new to me; I had never seen it before. It's a silver barred (Deltote bankiana), zilverstreep in Dutch.

It was hiding low to the groud and a pain to photograph, this is the best I could do:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO100, f5.6, 1/400s}

Speaking of difficult: there is a class of moths that like to sit on the underside of leaves. Usually, you don't see these, but this one chose a narrow leaf and was sticking out. Still, some antics were required to get a shot:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO160, f8, 1/160s}

This green lacewing of the Chrysopidae family, gaasvlieg in Dutch, was sitting in the open, and had the good grace to pose on something orange, which gives a nice contrast:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/160s}

I'm happy to say that, despite the weatcher we have been having in The Netherlands, the azure damselflies (Coenagrion puella), azuurwaterjuffers in Dutch, are still there:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/125s}

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