Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog

Taken with Olympus EPL-1 digital camera July 2nd 2011. Click image for larger view. Here I have photographed a musk beetle (Aromia moschata) just outside at a place called Bygdøy. It is incredible that you are able to find such beautiful insects so close to a big city. The musk beetle is very characteristic with [...]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera September 6th 2010. Click image for larger view. After moving to the south of Norway I have discovered many new species of insects that I have never seen in Northern Norway. In this photograph I have found one of these new species. This is a Large marsh grasshopper (Stethophyma [...]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera April 17th 2009. Click image for larger view. Here is a close up picture of a Goat Moth Larva (Cossus Cossus) that we found last spring. This larva is found in most of Norway, but not further north than Nordland county. The larva often lives in old trees with [...]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera April 30th 2008. Click image for larger view. Small Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis urticae) butterflies has awaken from their winter hibernation and are flying around in the warm sunshine. Small Tortoiseshell is the first “day butterfly” that one can see here in Northern Norway in the spring, often on the first [...]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera March 10th 2008. Click image for larger view. We have had a couple of warm days here in Northern Norway and a few insects have been waking up from their hibernation. In this picture you can see a common housefly (Musca domestica) sitting on some snow. Usually these flies [...]

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I’m a big fan of taking macro pictures, especially close up pictures of insects. Here is a selection of my favorite macro pictures that I took in 2007. Hope there will be lots of insects and other creatures to photograph in 2008 1. Macro photo of hermit crab and barnacle 2. Photo of a hoverfly [...]

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