Heavy Snow is lying all over Wiltshire and next summer seems a long way away. It was a pleasure to take the camera out this year and photograph the natural beauty of insects in their natural surroundings. Here are some of my favourite images of the insects that I observed last year. It is my top 20 +1, I could easily added another 20 images to this list, such is the huge diversity of the insect World.
Below. 1. Vanessa atalanta ab. klemensiewiczi. Swindon, Wilts.
Below. 2. Stethophyma grossum. New Forest, Hants.
Below 3. Asilus crabroniformis. Thursley Heath, Sussex.
Below. 4. Female Scathophaga stercoraria. Thursley Heath, Sussex.
Below 5. Aeshna mixta. Swindon, Wilts.
Below 6. Sericomyia superbiens. Shropshire hills.
Below 7. Anthocharis cardamines. Swindon, Wilts.
Below 8. Bombylius major. Aldbourne, Wilts.
Below 9. Thecla betulae. Tidworth, Wilts.
Below 10. Conops ceriaeformis. Cothill, Oxon.
Below 11. Eriozona syrphoides. Cothill, Oxon.
Below 12. Stratiomys chamaeleon. Cothill, Oxon.
Below 13. Criorhina berberina. Cothill, Oxon.
Below 14. Saturnia pavonia. Newbury, Berks.
Below 15. Argynnis adippe. Heddon's Mouth, Devon.
Below 16. Villa cingulata. Cotswold Hills, Glos.
Below 17. Brachypalpoides lentus. Savernake Forest, Wilts.
Below 18. Stenocorus meridianus. Avon Gorge, Bristol.
Below 19. Pocota personata. New Forest, Hants.
Below 20. Below. Caliprobola speciosa. New Forest, Hants.
Below 21. Microdon analis. New Forest, Hants. (Hoverfly).