This #ladybird is associated with deciduous trees, there it feeds on aphids. 🐞:Cream Spot Ladybird 🔬:Calvia quattuordecimguttata 📍:Birmingham UK #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #ladybug #insect #invertebrate #coleoptera #beetle

Wood Anemone is an #ancientwoodland indicator species here in the #UK The seeds of this plant are rarely fertile, instead spreading #rhizomally, creeping across #woodland floors 🌱:Wood Anemone 🔬:Anemonoides nemorosa 📍:Birmingham UK #nature #wildlife #indicatorspecies #spring #woodanemone

I found this tiny fruiting #SlimeMould under an decomposing Oak leaf back in #Autumn 🍁🍂 🔬:Didymium Sp. 📏:1.5mm 📍:Dudley, UK #macroaddicts #macro #macrophotography #nature #wildlife #myxomycetes #brown #leaf #leaves #ameoba #decomposer #woodland #Autumnal

This #mushroom is known to kick up quite the stink. On damp autumnal days the sulphurous smell of this #fungus means you often smell it before you see it. 🍄:Sulphur Knight 🔬:Tricholoma sulphureum 📍:Dudley, UK #macroaddicts #macro #nature #wildlife #mycology #autumn #fungifriends

A wonderful emerging Fly Agaric #toadstool This fungus is both Psychoactive 🫨 and Poisonous 💀🤮 so consuming is not recommended. That being said it was historically used in rituals. 🍄:Fly Agaric 🔬:Amanita muscaria 📍:Birmingham UK #macroaddicts #macro #nature #wildlife #fungifriends

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