Spiders and Insects Toft and Trumpington

A mixed bag of images from the garden and from yesterday's Butterfly transect at Trumpington. The spiderlings on the parent's back caught my eye as I was deheading flowers yesterday along with various other spiders and beetles. Literally hundreds of Marbled Whites at Trumpington along with other species including the usual frustrating Skippers that are difficult to separate into species. 

 

Trumpington Meadows 9th May

 The warm weather on Saturday brought out lots of insects and spiders. I was trying to concentrate on compositions rather than just unusual species looking for interesting backgrounds and different focus/exposure settings. ID sheet at the end

Entering Another World

I spend a lot of time trying to get sharp accurate images of insects etc for recording purposes so I decided for our CCC outing to Trumpington Meadows to try a softer approach with shallow depth of field and purposely using out-of-focus vegetation to further limit the amount of sharp details. I was lucky with the dull lighting which suited the technique. Taken on a Fuji X100V compact with Raynox close up filter at F2 to F5.6. The original idea was to photograph the buttercups but ran out of time other than the multiexposure and a couple of close ups

Trumpington Meadow Insects April 9th

A few insects from yesterday's visit to the meadow at Byron's Pool Car Park in Trumpington.; ID sheet is at the end. It is always a delight and challenge to photograph the ruby-tailed wasps (Chrysis ignata) a parasitoid of Red Mason Bees which are nesting in some rotten tree trunks. Two very small ladybirds were found, a very small weevil and four species of Shield Bug.

Trumpington Meadows April 6th

First Butterfly Transect of 2026 completed - not a lot about - recorded a few Brimstone, Orange Tips and Peacocks. As my route finishes a distance from the car park, I looked at the various other insects on the wing as I returned to the car. The Rhombic Leatherbug is an attractive 'variation' on our common Dock Bug, the diamond-shaped abdomen is easily overlooked. Several Hairy Shieldbugs waking up from hibernation. Not many bees around considering the temperature 14-15 degrees.