Garden insects 2020

Some of the small wildlife found in our Norwich suburban garden, Spring 2020. Mostly the "Swollen-thighed beetle" Oedemaera nobilis, also known as false blister beetles or pollen-eating beetles, that seem to be doing well

Hello! — Hello!
60 mm, f/11.0, 1/250 s, ISO 400

Swollen-thighed beetle — Swollen-thighed beetle
60 mm, f/11.0, 1/125 s, ISO 400

(photo 3)
60 mm, f/5.6, 1/16000 s, ISO 6400

Two males and a fly — Two males and a fly
60 mm, f/11.0, 1/500 s, ISO 400

Take-off — Take-off
60 mm, f/5.6, 1/12800 s, ISO 6400

Flight — Flight
60 mm, f/5.6, 1/6400 s, ISO 6400

Large red damselflies — Large red damselflies,mating position
60 mm, f/8.0, 1/250 s, ISO 400

The damselfly clasp — The damselfly clasp
60 mm, f/8.0, 1/400 s, ISO 6400

Immature azure damselfly — Immature azure damselfly
60 mm, f/5.6, 1/6400 s, ISO 6400

Red-headed Cardinal Beetle — Red-headed Cardinal Beetle,Pyrochroa serraticornis
60 mm, f/10.0, 1/125 s, ISO 2500

Garden Chafer — Garden Chafer,Phyllopertha horticola
60 mm, f/5.6, 1/8000 s, ISO 6400

Spider with egg sack — Spider with egg sack
60 mm, f/8.0, 1/320 s, ISO 800

Another — Another "false blister" beetle
60 mm, f/8.0, 1/320 s, ISO 400

False blister beetle take-off — False blister beetle take-off
60 mm, f/8.0, 1/10000 s, ISO 12800

Pollen-eating beetle — Pollen-eating beetle
60 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 s, ISO 400

Friendly — Friendly
60 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 s, ISO 400

(photo 17)
60 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 s, ISO 6400

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