Insects & small critters (updated:2007-09-02) Photo Gallery by Ole Thorsen at pbase.com

Insects & small critters (updated:2007-09-02)

The vast majority of the pictures in this gallery are taken in our backyard. At first sight it seems like there are only very few insects around, but if I move slowly around and look very carefully, a total new world appears - the parallel world of the insects. I hope you will enjoy the pictures in this gallery as much as I love photographing them. Ohh, and that Tamron 180mm macro lens is really a gem....

And please scroll down - the pictures are getting better and better...

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Gary Wilson		20-Sep-2007 22:31
Very good gallery. I have enjoyed perusing it. I will come back and look through the rest. --Gary--

Jonathan		11-Jan-2007 12:13
You are a wonderful photographer. These are glorious images. Thank you.

Pieter C. Brouwer		28-Oct-2006 14:32
Nice images and colors

Muthu Vinayagam		19-Sep-2006 14:19
These are awesome. Beautiful collection. Well done

Jens Johansen		23-Aug-2006 21:26
Beautiful. Flot baghave.

ragnarandren		12-Aug-2006 22:13
Great macro gallery! Thanks for sharing! Ciao, Ragnar

Graham Tomlin		02-Aug-2006 22:14
lovely regards Helen

Ashley Hockenberry		28-Jul-2006 16:50
Excellent gallery

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Bumblebee (Humlebi / Bombus terrestris)	Painted Lady (Tidselsommerfugl / Vanessa cardui)	Large White (Stor Kålsommerfugl / Pieris brassicae)	Small Tortoiseshell (Nældens takvinge / Aglais urticae)
Painted Lady (Tidselsommerfugl / Vanessa cardui)	Painted Lady (Tidselsommerfugl / Vanessa cardui)	Painted Lady (Tidselsommerfugl / Vanessa cardui)	Peacock (Dagpåfugleøje / Inachis Io)
Agile Frog (Springfrø / Rana dalmatina)	Fireweed (Alm. Gederams / Epilobium angustifolium)	Fireweed (Alm. Gederams / Epilobium angustifolium)	Marmelade Fly (Dobbeltbåndet svirreflue / Episyrphus balteatus)
Ruddy Darter (Blodrød hedelibel / Sympetrum sanguineum)	Ruddy Darter (Blodrød hedelibel / Sympetrum sanguineum)	Ruddy Darter (Blodrød hedelibel / Sympetrum sanguineum)	Peacock (Dagpåfugleøje / Inachis Io)
Peacock (Dagpåfugleøje / Inachis Io)	Red Admiral (Admiral / Vanessa Atalanta)	Red Admiral (Admiral / Vanessa Atalanta)	Red Admiral (Admiral / Vanessa Atalanta)
Red Admiral (Admiral / Vanessa Atalanta)	Red Admiral (Admiral / Vanessa Atalanta)	Roman Snail (Vinbjergsnegl / Helix pomatia)	Roman Snail (Vinbjergsnegl / Helix pomatia)
Roman Snail (Vinbjergsnegl / Helix pomatia)	Ichneumon wasp (Snyltehveps / Ichneumon sp.)	Ichneumon wasp (Snyltehveps / Ichneumon sp.)	2003746 PS web.jpg
2003751 PS web.jpg	Bumblebee (Humlebi / Bombus terrestris)	Bumblebee (Humlebi / Bombus terrestris)	Honeybee (Honningbi / Apis mellifera)
Honeybee (Honningbi / Apis mellifera)	Silver Y (Gammaugle / Autographa gamma)	Bumblebee (Humlebi / Bombus terrestris)	Bumblebee (Humlebi / Bombus terrestris)
Bumblebee (Humlebi / Bombus terrestris)	Bumblebee (Humlebi / Bombus terrestris)	Bumblebee (Humlebi / Bombus terrestris)	Soldier beetle (Præstebille / Rhagonycha fulva)
Green-veined White (Grønåret Kålsommerfugl / Pieris napi)	Green-veined White (Grønåret Kålsommerfugl / Pieris napi)	Flesh fly (Kødflue / Sarcophaga sp.)	Flesh fly (Kødflue / Sarcophaga sp.)
Bumblebee (Humlebi / Bombus terrestris)	Bumblebee (Humlebi / Bombus terrestris)	Grass moth (Have-græsmøl / Chrysoteuchia culmella)	Grass moth (Have-græsmøl / Chrysoteuchia culmella)
Silver Y (Gammaugle / Autographa gamma)	Agriphila straminella	Garden spider (Korsedderkop / Araneus diadematus)	Garden spider (Korsedderkop / Araneus diadematus)
Common Blue Damselfly (Alm. Vandnymfe / Enallagma cyathigerum)	Common Blue Damselfly (Alm. Vandnymfe / Enallagma cyathigerum)	Common Blue Damselfly (Alm. Vandnymfe / Enallagma cyathigerum)	Common Blue Damselfly (Alm. Vandnymfe / Enallagma cyathigerum)
Dichrorampha sp.	Batia unitella	Agriphila straminella	Blue-tailed Damselfly (Stor Farvevandnymfe / Ischnura elegans)
Blue-tailed Damselfly (Stor Farvevandnymfe / Ischnura elegans)	Blue-tailed Damselfly (Stor Farvevandnymfe / Ischnura elegans)	Common Blue Damselfly (Alm. Vandnymfe / Enallagma cyathigerum)	Common Blue (Almindelig Blåfugl / Polyommatus icarus)
Common Blue (Almindelig Blåfugl / Polyommatus icarus)	Common Blue (Almindelig Blåfugl / Polyommatus icarus)	Common Blue (Almindelig Blåfugl / Polyommatus icarus)	Common Blue (Almindelig Blåfugl / Polyommatus icarus)
Silver Y (Gammaugle / Autographa gamma)	Silver Y (Gammaugle / Autographa gamma)	Silver Y (Gammaugle / Autographa gamma)	Small White butterfly (Lille Kålsommerfugl / Pieris rapae)
2004304 PS web.jpg	2004308 PS web.jpg	Meadow Brown (Græsrandøje / Maniola jurtina)	Meadow Brown (Græsrandøje / Maniola jurtina)
Meadow Brown (Græsrandøje / Maniola jurtina)	Holly Blue (Skovblåfugl / Celastrina argiolus)	Holly Blue (Skovblåfugl / Celastrina argiolus)	Holly Blue (Skovblåfugl / Celastrina argiolus)
Holly Blue (Skovblåfugl / Celastrina argiolus)	Holly Blue (Skovblåfugl / Celastrina argiolus)	Ruddy Darter (Blodrød hedelibel / Sympetrum sanguineum) "Mating Wheel"	Ruddy Darter (Blodrød hedelibel / Sympetrum sanguineum)
Ruddy Darter (Blodrød hedelibel / Sympetrum sanguineum)	Ruddy Darter (Blodrød hedelibel / Sympetrum sanguineum)	Ruddy Darter (Blodrød hedelibel / Sympetrum sanguineum)	Ruddy Darter (Blodrød hedelibel / Sympetrum sanguineum)
Essex Skipper (Stregbredpande / Thymelicus lineola)	Essex Skipper (Stregbredpande / Thymelicus lineola)	Silver Y (Gammaugle / Autographa gamma)	Common Blue (Almindelig Blåfugl / Polyommatus icarus)
Plume moth (Fjermøl / Platyptilla pallidactyla)	Plume moth (Fjermøl / Platyptilla pallidactyla)	Common Blue (Almindelig Blåfugl / Polyommatus icarus)	Plume moth (Fjermøl / Platyptilla pallidactyla)
Painted Lady (Tidselsommerfugl / Vanessa cardui)	Painted Lady (Tidselsommerfugl / Vanessa cardui)	Painted Lady (Tidselsommerfugl / Vanessa cardui)	Painted Lady (Tidselsommerfugl / Vanessa cardui)
Ladybird (Mariehøne / Coccinella 7-punctata)	Ladybird (Mariehøne / Coccinella 7-punctata)	Ladybird (Mariehøne / Coccinella 7-punctata)	Holly Blue (Skovblåfugl / Celastrina argiolus)
Holly Blue (Skovblåfugl / Celastrina argiolus)	Holly Blue (Skovblåfugl / Celastrina argiolus)	Holly Blue (Skovblåfugl / Celastrina argiolus)	Holly Blue (Skovblåfugl / Celastrina argiolus)
Holly Blue (Skovblåfugl / Celastrina argiolus)	Common Blue (Almindelig Blåfugl / Polyommatus icarus)	Plume moth (Fjermøl / Platyptilla pallidactyla)	Common Blue (Almindelig Blåfugl / Polyommatus icarus)
2004636 PS web.jpg	Nettle-tap (Anthophila fabriciana)	Plume moth (Fjermøl / Platyptilla pallidactyla)	Marmelade Fly (Dobbeltbåndet svirreflue / Episyrphus balteatus)
Small White (Lille Kålsommerfugl / Pieris rapae)	Bumblebee (Humlebi / Bombus terrestris)	Small Tortoiseshell (Nældens takvinge / Aglais urticae)	Peacock (Dagpåfugleøje / Inachis Io)
Comma butterfly (Det hvide C / Polygonia c-album)	Comma butterfly (Det hvide C / Polygonia c-album)	Comma butterfly (Det hvide C / Polygonia c-album)	Comma butterfly (Det hvide C / Polygonia c-album)
Small Tortoiseshell (Nældens takvinge / Aglais urticae)	Small Tortoiseshell (Nældens takvinge / Aglais urticae)	Small Tortoiseshell (Nældens takvinge / Aglais urticae)	Comma butterfly (Det hvide C / Polygonia c-album)
Small Copper (Lille Ildfugl / Lycaena phlaeas)	Small Copper (Lille Ildfugl / Lycaena phlaeas)	Rose Chafer (Guldbasse / Cetonia aurata)	Small Copper (Lille Ildfugl / Lycaena phlaeas)
Small Copper (Lille Ildfugl / Lycaena phlaeas)	Small Copper (Lille Ildfugl / Lycaena phlaeas)	Common Blue (Almindelig Blåfugl / Polyommatus icarus)	Common Blue (Almindelig Blåfugl / Polyommatus icarus)
Common Blue (Almindelig Blåfugl / Polyommatus icarus)	Common Blue (Almindelig Blåfugl / Polyommatus icarus)	Common Blue (Almindelig Blåfugl / Polyommatus icarus)	Small Copper (Lille Ildfugl / Lycaena phlaeas)
Small Copper (Lille Ildfugl / Lycaena phlaeas)	Small Copper (Lille Ildfugl / Lycaena phlaeas)	Ruddy Darter (Blodrød hedelibel / Sympetrum sanguineum)	Ruddy Darter (Blodrød hedelibel / Sympetrum sanguineum)
Dronefly (Droneflue / Eristalis tenax)	Dronefly (Droneflue / Eristalis tenax)	Hover fly (Svirreflue / Syrphus ribesii)	P14 Lady Beetle (Skakbræt-mariehøne / Propylaea quatuordecimpunctata)
Silver-washed Fritillary (Kejserkåbe / Argynnis paphia)	Silver-washed Fritillary (Kejserkåbe / Argynnis paphia)	Silver-washed Fritillary (Kejserkåbe / Argynnis paphia)	Silver-washed Fritillary (Kejserkåbe / Argynnis paphia)
Silver-washed Fritillary (Kejserkåbe / Argynnis paphia)	Common Blue (Almindelig Blåfugl / Polyommatus icarus)	Common Blue (Almindelig Blåfugl / Polyommatus icarus)	Common Blue (Almindelig Blåfugl / Polyommatus icarus)
Common Blue (Almindelig Blåfugl / Polyommatus icarus)	Common Blue (Almindelig Blåfugl / Polyommatus icarus)	Common Blue (Almindelig Blåfugl / Polyommatus icarus)	Ruddy Darter (Blodrød hedelibel / Sympetrum sanguineum)
Migrant Hawker (Efterårs-mosaikguldsmed / Aeshna mixta)	Migrant Hawker (Efterårs-mosaikguldsmed / Aeshna mixta)	Rose Chafer (Guldbasse / Cetonia aurata)	Rose Chafer (Guldbasse / Cetonia aurata)
Rose Chafer (Guldbasse / Cetonia aurata)	Rose Chafer (Guldbasse / Cetonia aurata)	Rose Chafer (Guldbasse / Cetonia aurata)	Ruddy Darter (Blodrød hedelibel / Sympetrum sanguineum)
Queen of Spain Fritillary (Storplettet Perlemorsommerfugl / Issoria lathonia)	Queen of Spain Fritillary (Storplettet Perlemorsommerfugl / Issoria lathonia)	Queen of Spain Fritillary (Storplettet Perlemorsommerfugl / Issoria lathonia)	Queen of Spain Fritillary (Storplettet Perlemorsommerfugl / Issoria lathonia)
Silver-washed Fritillary (Kejserkåbe / Argynnis paphia)	Ruddy Darter (Blodrød hedelibel / Sympetrum sanguineum)	Green Lacewing (Almindelig Guldøje / Chrysoperla carnea)	Potter wasp (pottemagerhveps / Eumenes sp.)
Potter wasp (pottemagerhveps / Eumenes sp.)	Potter wasp (pottemagerhveps / Eumenes sp.)	Potter wasp (pottemagerhveps / Eumenes sp.)	Migrant Hawker (Efterårs-mosaikguldsmed / Aeshna mixta)
Migrant Hawker (Efterårs-mosaikguldsmed / Aeshna mixta)	Migrant Hawker (Efterårs-mosaikguldsmed / Aeshna mixta)	Migrant Hawker (Efterårs-mosaikguldsmed / Aeshna mixta)	Common Carpet (Alm. Bladmåler / Epirrhoe alternata)
Southern Hawker (Blå mosaikguldsmed / Aeshna cyanea)	Southern Hawker (Blå mosaikguldsmed / Aeshna cyanea)	Southern Hawker (Blå mosaikguldsmed / Aeshna cyanea)	Southern Hawker (Blå mosaikguldsmed / Aeshna cyanea)
Small White (Lille Kålsommerfugl / Pieris rapae)	Median Wasp (Mellemstor Gedehams / Dolichovespula media)	Common Wasp (Almindelig Gedehams / Vespula vulgaris)	Median Wasp (Mellemstor Gedehams / Dolichovespula media)
Red Admiral (Admiral / Vanessa atalanta)	Speckled Bush Cricket (Krumknivgræshoppe / Leptophyes punctatissima)	Speckled Bush Cricket (Krumknivgræshoppe / Leptophyes punctatissima)	Small Tortoiseshell (Nældens takvinge / Aglais urticae)
Small Tortoiseshell (Nældens takvinge / Aglais urticae)	Dronefly (Droneflue / Eristalis tenax)	Dronefly (Droneflue / Eristalis tenax)	Dronefly (Droneflue / Eristalis tenax)
Dronefly (Droneflue / Eristalis tenax)	Dronefly (Droneflue / Eristalis tenax)	Ladybird (Mariehøne / Coccinella 7-punctata)	Small Copper butterfly (Lille Ildfugl / Lycaena phlaeas)
Small Copper butterfly (Lille Ildfugl / Lycaena phlaeas)	Comma butterfly (Det hvide C / Polygonia c-album)	Speckled Bush Cricket (Krumknivgræshoppe / Leptophyes punctatissima)	Speckled Bush Cricket (Krumknivgræshoppe / Leptophyes punctatissima)
Squash Bug (Skræppetæge / Coreus marginatus)	Squash Bug (Skræppetæge / Coreus marginatus)	Squash Bug (Skræppetæge / Coreus marginatus)	Squash Bug (Skræppetæge / Coreus marginatus)
Crane Fly (Stankelben / Tipula paludosa)	Buckwheat (Boghvede / Fagopyrum esculentum)	Buckwheat (Boghvede / Fagopyrum esculentum)	Blooming Ivy (Alm. Vedbend / Hedera helix)
Flying Ant Day #1	Flying Ant Day #2	Flying Ant Day #3	Flying Ant Day #4
Ruddy Darter (Blodrød hedelibel, Sympetrum sanguineum)	Garden Spider (Korsedderkop / Araneus diadematus)	Garden Spider (Korsedderkop / Araneus diadematus)	Dronefly (Droneflue / Eristalis tenax)
Dronefly (Droneflue / Eristalis tenax)