What about other animal photos?

[sunnydale]

https://ibb.co/Pzf0KV2


Anyone know if this is a hornet?

Looks a bit like the big beasties I photographed on Skopelos (Greece). Did they look like this?.....










If yours were the same, they are Large yellow-headed Scoliid Wasps - Megascolia maculata.  The largest European wasps there are.

[sunnydale]

....and I was more than a bit nervous photographing them, as I got quite close....although they were too busy feeding on the thistles to notice me!  I took a bit of video footage too. Not sure how to post that on here though.

[Pitboot]

Yes, I think those are the same species. Big bar stewards.

[ninthace]

Something a bit prettier from my trip to Bad Kleinkircheim last week.  There are two species in the picture but I can't name either.



This one is less pretty but it was big enough to show on radar.  No idea what it is either.

[pleb]

Eeek! Those wasps look scary.
Great butterflies 

[Jac]

The wasp on the thistle is stunning.
I think the gorgeous blues might be Mazarine Blues (book says males gather in large numbers to drink on wet mud)
The black & white butterfly underside? might be a Hungarian skipper


No idea about the other beastie thought reminds me a bit of a mayfly.

[Hillhiker1]

I visited Brockholes in Preston recently, predominantly to take pics of the bird life. It turned out that the insect life was faaar more diverse and interesting.


Brockholes (3 of 3) by Ian Hart, on Flickr


Brockholes (2 of 3) by Ian Hart, on Flickr


Brockholes (1 of 3) by Ian Hart, on Flickr

[pleb]

Excellent!

[Jac]

Lovely. esp the Skipper? on Knapweed?

[Innominate Man]

The wasp on the thistle is stunning.

"Stinging" 

[beefy]

Lovely pics

[sunnydale]

Great pics Ian    I photographed a few six-spot burnet moths myself last week on the Llyn.  They look very odd in flight but rather beautiful when settled!

[Hillhiker1]

Thanks all.    So that's a Skipper on the "Thistle" is it? I'm no good at wild plants..
And that's a Burnet is it?? I thought it was a Cinabar Moth. Mind you, I thought the blue one was a dragonfly until my mate told me it was a Damsel fly... 0/10 

[sunnydale]

Male Dark Green Fritillary with wings closed.....





And open....





Photographed on Sunday in the Longstone Edge area

[Innominate Man]

Fabulous photos everyone. You can even see the 'lace' pattern on the wings of the Damsel.
This reminds me I need to look closer at all these smaller creatures, they are equal to the bigger beasties