Boss photos you've taken



4 from late at night in the garden just before midnight.

A froghopper (or is it a leafhopper, lol)...

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A silver sided sector spider (Zygiella x-notata)

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A short legged harvestman - I first thought Rilaena triangularis, but I now think it may be Paroligolophus agrestis - a common opillione.

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Finally the rapid running snout mite (Bdellidae) which I see quite frequently on the compost bin. Not sure what the interloper is just OoF, maybe a second snouty, but could be a springtail, or any other tiny insect! They feed on other arthropods like springtails, small insects and other mites, including their eggs. They harpoon their prey with a jet of saliva and attach it to the substrate with silk threads like shrouds.

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And just to show how it doesn't always go to plan - here is the snout mite having speared something - and the focus is off because it's so small I didn't know I was missing it slightly to the naked eye!

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Paul.
 
I love wasp season...

There is something about wasps and apples that I find fascinating and when it's time for the wasps to come eat the windfalls, the photos usually lend themselves to give me a real buzz - as long as there is no sting in the tale... ;)

Also got an interloper photobombing the first!

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Then it's time for a quick face wash of all that sticky apple juice before saying goodbye!

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Paul.
 
I love wasp season...

There is something about wasps and apples that I find fascinating and when it's time for the wasps to come eat the windfalls, the photos usually lend themselves to give me a real buzz - as long as there is no sting in the tale... ;)

Also got an interloper photobombing the first!

augustwasp_b_4k_1800-XL.jpg


augustwasp_a_4k_1800-XL.jpg


augustwasp_c_4k_1800-XL.jpg


Then it's time for a quick face wash of all that sticky apple juice before saying goodbye!

augustwasp_e2_4k_1800-XL.jpg


augustwasp_e1_4k_1800-XL.jpg



Paul.
Kopites of the invertebrate realm.
 
Just after 11pm last night I had a look around the darkness of the garden.

Nothing unusual of course, except maybe the little wasp, and I only managed the focus on the ocelli rather than the near compound eye.
In addition, there was a tomocerus springtail, an opilione ( which I think is Paroligolophus agrestis ) and finally a very small candy stripe spider, sat on what could be a seed pod or something plant-orientated (to the eye I first thought it was a tiny snail shell, but it clearly isn't).

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Paul.
 

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