Description: This spider has a very intricate and symmentrical pattern on its back, this is the best photo I could on the macro setting, not great but enough to see I hope.
Description: Came across this fellow while doing conservation at a school play area/garden.My first shield bug and i think i have matched it up with a `forest bug` species
Description: It's been such an appalling year for butterflies that I can't resist noting that, on the very last day of August, I've finally seen a magnificent Red Admiral on our Buddleia.
Description: These flies were enjoying the autumn sunshine and were oblivious to me taking photographs. They look like Robber Flies but that's as far as Chinery can take me.
Description: Large dragonfly darting around the reeds and pond edges, never in one place for too long but I did manage to get this shot, amazingly it was manually focussed!
Description: Turned up in my back garden in about 2007, did nothing, just furry leaves. Transplanted to verge of my private road in early 2009 and developed into this.
