Insect Photography

Insect Photography and Images

Photograph of Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly. Click Image for full size version of Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly Photographer: Marie captured this photo

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Photograph of Snail Climb. Click Image for full size version of Snail Climb Photographer: Marie captured this photo

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When we first started taking photographs as a family we went to a local meadow and these little caterpillars made perfect test subjects. Photo of Orange Striped Catterpillar. Click Image for full size version of Orange Striped Catterpillar Photographer: Caleb captured this photograph

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Photo of Snail On Stem. Click Image for full size version of Snail On Stem Photographer: Marie took this picture

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Picture taken end of July 2006. Location our front garden in Lincolnshire. We have several medium size butterfly bushes in the garden, I likes them as they attract lots of butterflies. Image of Red Admiral on Butterfly Bush. Click Photo for full size version of Red Admiral on Butterfly Bush Photographer: Marie captured this picture

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I have been trying to capture a picture of a common blue butterfly for at least three years, these little butterflies can be very elusive. I took these photographs at Gibraltar Point Skegness Photograph of Common Blue Butterfly with Folded Wings. Click Image for full size version of Common Blue Butterfly with Folded Wings Photographer: [...]

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Picture of Hoverfly on Yellow Flower.

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Photography by Marie

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This scary looking mini beast is a vapourer moth caterpillar. We found it on our butterfly bush and took a few pictures. The male moth of these caterpillars actually comes out during the day to feed, the females are flightless and look like hairy woodlice. The vapourer caterpillar can be found on most trees and [...]

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I took this photo of a female sparrow collecting aphids from my over infested tulips. If you zoom in on the photograph you’ll see she has hundreds of them in her beak. Photo of Sparrow Collecting Aphids. Click Photograph for full size version of Sparrow Collecting Aphids Photographer: Marie took this image

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I spent the summer making a plant box from concrete blocks, I did it totally on my own. When I put plants in it I was worried I wasn’t going to get any butterflies because of where it was situated, so when I looked out of my window I got a little excited and rushed [...]

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