Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 2nd, 2007. Click picture for larger view.
Time for a close up photo of a hoverfly again. This time the hoverfly is feeding on cow parsley flowers (Anthriscus sylvestris; also known as wild chervil, wild beaked parsley, and keck).
Check out my other macro photos of hoverflies:
Macro photo of […]
Entries Tagged as 'Insect'
Macro photo of hoverfly feeding on cow parsley flowers
August 5th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Tags: flower fly · Fly · Plant · Flora · Hoverfly · Summer · Norway Norwegen Norge · Nature · Flower · Insect · Macro
Close up pictures of bumblebees - our chubby insect friend
July 30th, 2007 · 14 Comments
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 23rd, 2007. Click picture for larger view.
I have always been fascinated by bumblebees and whenever I get the opportunity I try to photograph these chubby insects. It’s not always so easy because they can be very camera shy and get annoyed if you get too close.
In the […]
Tags: Summer · Bumblebees · Insect · Flower · Norway Norwegen Norge · Nature · Macro
Macro photo of five-spot burnet moths mating on flowers
July 21st, 2007 · 9 Comments
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 16th, 2007. Click picture for larger view.
In this picture I believe you can see some five-spot burnets (Zygaena trifolii) mating, but it could also be the similar six-spot burnet (Zygaena filipendulae) because the spots can be merged. If anyone is an expert on this please let me […]
Tags: Summer · Burnet · Moths · Insect · Flower · Norway Norwegen Norge · Nature · Macro
Macro photo of sawfly eating an insect
July 15th, 2007 · 15 Comments
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 24th, 2007. Click image for larger view.
This is some kind of sawfly (Symphyta) feeding on a fly. Please let me know if anyone know the species.
I captured this the same day as I took the photos of two dance fly mating and eating. Check out that blog […]
Tags: Fly · Sawfly · Insect · Nature · Norway Norwegen Norge · Macro
Macro photo of common hawker dragonfly
July 9th, 2007 · 16 Comments
Was able to capture a dragonfly called Common Hawker (Aeshna juncea) when I was out walking in the forest. These insects are big (74 mm) and very camera shy so I had to try several times to get close enough.
It was very entertaining to observe them hunt in the air hunting moths. They have […]
Tags: Dragonfly · Insect · Nature · Norway Norwegen Norge · Macro
Macro photo of hoverfly on a poppy flower
July 5th, 2007 · 9 Comments
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 24th, 2007. Click image for larger view.
These hoverflies are so fascinating and beautiful. Their beauty doesn’t get hurt from sitting on a poppy flower.
The blue spots in the background are forget-me-not flowers.
Check out my other hoverfly picture here.
Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: […]
Tags: Summer · Hoverfly · flower fly · Insect · Flower · Norway Norwegen Norge · Nature · Macro








