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WayneS
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Nature. Happier outside.
Photographer - mainly macro 🐞🪲🐌
Fossil hunting and preparation
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A pair of mating slugs found on a local woodland floor.

#gastropod #slugs #macrophotography #ukwildlife #OM-1 #dorsetwildlife #forestfloor
November 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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A resting dew-laden damselfly taken early on a cool summer morning.

#Macrophotography
#odonata
#damselfly
#ukwildlife
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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A pair of Robber Flies. This shot of a mating pair was taken back in August in Norfolk, UK.

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#robberfly
#ukwildlife
#omsystem
#Norfolkwildlife
#macrophotography
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Here's the owner 😃...
October 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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A scene I'd been hoping to find for some time and finally got the chance back in the summer at RSPB Minsmere. This Robber Fly was preoccupied enough to let me get a few stacked shots before flying off.

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#robberfly
#ukwildlife
#omsystem
#Suffolkwildlife
#rspbminsmere
A Robber Fly grasping its hoverfly prey from behind and still with its proboscis in the hoverfly's back. I found these two on some path-side bracken in the woodland at RSPB Minsmere, on the east coast of the UK. A closer look at the same scene
October 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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A recent bucket-lister find😀. A Green Huntsman (Micrommata virescens) female guarding her egg sac 💚.

Luckily, she'd made her retreat under some bracken and I could turn it over without causing any damage.

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#macrophotography
#ukwildlife
#dorsetwildlife
#omsystem
July 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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A mystery egg I found in my garden a few weeks ago hatched and grew into this amazing Puss Moth (Cerura vinula) caterpillar😃.

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#ukwildlife #teammoth
June 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Successful hunting for these two Thomisus onustus from Dorset. I love the variation in colour of these spiders - everything from white, through various shades of pink, deep burgundy and purple or even bright yellow🩷🤍💛💜
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#om-1 #dorsetwildlife #ukwildlife
#macrophotography
June 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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I've been waiting for the rain to fill mine up so I can finish the edges. Immediate impact on biodiversity! First pondskater a couple of days ago. Today - mosquito larvae, two water beetle species, a water boatman, damselflies and a Broad-bodied Chaser 😀. No plants yet so just a big puddle really!
June 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Look who I found hiding in a rhododendron flower on the heath a few days ago 💚🌸 I was looking for Heather Crab Spiders, but this little scene was a welcome bonus.

#macrophotography #entomology #insects #omsystem #om-1 #dorsetwildlife #ukwildlife
June 15, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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Misumena vatia colour change. Two weeks after I posted this yellow spider, I found her again on a nearby bramble flower where she'd turned white. The red markings remain unchanged.
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#Misumenavatia #macrophotography
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June 9, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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A rather special 'rhubarb-and-custard' Thomisus onustus spider I found a couple of weeks ago. I haven't adjusted the colours - she really was that bright (see the last pic taken on my phone)
@britishspiders.bsky.social #Thomisusonustus #om1 #omsystem #macrophotography #ukwildlife #dorsetwildlife
June 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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A pair of Silver-studded Blues at Rempstone Heath, Dorset last weekend.

#ukwildlife #ukbutterflies @savebutterflies.bsky.social #macrophotography #omsystem
June 5, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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Yesterday's star find - a beautiful, pastel coloured, Thomisus onustus (Heather Crab Spider). She was sitting amongst the heather with her prey as the sun removed the last of the morning dew.

#teammoth #dorsetwildlife
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#OMsystem #ukwildlife @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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A Green Pug (Pasiphila rectangulata) I found in my garden yesterday🤎💚🙂

#teammoth #ukwildlife #ukmoths
May 31, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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This was a meadow brown - 19th May at Silverlake nr Dorchester.
May 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Look who I found while out exploring today! There were three, yellow, female Misumena vatia in this area. Only this one had the added red stripes on the side of her abdomen 💛❤️💚.

#spiders #arachnids #ukwildlife #dorsetwildlife #macrophotography #OMSystem
May 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Pholcus phalangioides or the Cellar Spider, commonly found in UK homes in the corner of ceilings. Although very common it's not a native to the UK and was first recorded in 1864. Look out for the females carrying their egg sac around😃.

#UKWildlife #arachnids @britishspiders.bsky.social #Spiders
May 26, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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A 24-spot ladybird (Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata).

#ladybirdyearlist 6️⃣

#coleoptera #ladybird #ukwildlife #gardenwildlife #macrophotography
May 25, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Larva of a parasitic wasp - likely a Euplectrus. The eggs are laid under the surface of the host and the larvae stay in that location until they're mature and pupate. Rather unfortunate for the caterpillar.

#entomology #parasite #wasp #bugs #ukwildlife #dorsetwildlife
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May 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Here's a better shot of the Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus malvae)😀 I found last night While I was taking this shot, I could hear the churring of a nightjar amongst the gorse. Nice to know they're about again.

@savebutterflies.bsky.social #entomology #macrophotography #ukwildlife #butterflies
May 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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A few finds from last night and early this morning. These are phone pics but I've got plenty of detailed shots to edit😀.

🟢Grizzled Skipper, a first for me
🟢Caterpillar with what looks like parasitic wasp eggs
🟢Dew covered dragonfly (Skimmer?)😍

#entomology #dragonfly #parasites #butterflies
May 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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As the weather warms up more of these little stunners will show themselves. If you can find where they spend the night, and you're early enough, they will stay (relatively😅) still.

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#macro #damselfly #omsystem #ukwildlife #macrophotography #odonata
May 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Well it's that time of year again ☹️. First bite of the year yesterday and several larger individuals seen out and about. These photos are some that I took around this time last year.
#arachnids #ticks #macrophotography #macro
May 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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A wonderfully marked Gibbaranea gibbosa (Humped Orbweb Spider) I found on an evening hunt recently.

📍Dorset, UK

#macrophotography #macro #spiders #ukwildlife #om-1 #OMSystem
May 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM