by David Clarke | Jul 4, 2016 | Flowers, Insects & Spiders, Italy

This crab spider wouldn’t win too many prizes for camouflage, but he sat patiently waiting all day on this buddleia blossom for an unsuspecting bee/butterfly/moth to come within striking range.
Canon G3X at 220mm (600mm equiv) ISO640 1/160 at f/5.6
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by David Clarke | Jul 3, 2016 | Insects & Spiders, Italy

A crowd of rose chafers getting down to business on a pear.
Canon Gx3 at 220mm (600mm equiv) ISO2501/80 at f/8
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by David Clarke | Jul 2, 2016 | Flowers, Insects & Spiders, Italy

A bee-fly collecting pollen from a lavender bloom seems to be an innocent enough activity, but the reality is that the danger lurks – the lavender is woven with many spiders’ webs, and the spiders are just waiting …
Canon EOS-100D with Canon 70-200mm IS L lens at 135mm. ISO800 1/200 at f/8
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by David Clarke | Jul 1, 2016 | Italy, Places, Wildlife

One of many of the squirrel that enjoy all the fruit, nuts, pine cones (particularly cypress cones –yum!) and other general fare on offer in our garden. They are pretty noisy about it, too!
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by David Clarke | Jun 30, 2016 | Flowers, Insects & Spiders, Italy

Two rose chafers (out of dozens) enjoying the abundance of pollen in the cotoneaster flowers in our garden.
Canon G3X ISO500 1/500 at f/8 & 220mm (600mm equiv)
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