{"id":1423,"date":"2009-06-29T00:06:07","date_gmt":"2009-06-28T23:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1423"},"modified":"2013-11-13T22:42:36","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T22:42:36","slug":"butterflies-and-bugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/butterflies-and-bugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Butterflies and Bugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Following on from yesterday's colourful moths, today's selection is of a couple of equally abundant species: the common red soldier beetle, and the meadow brown and marbled white butterflies. I'll start with the beetles, which are very distinctive, very red, and often seen mating at this time of year.
<\/span> Red Soldier beetles mating<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> They often walk upside down as well<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> And they can fly<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> A meadow brown butterfly and red soldier beetles<\/span><\/p>\n

Marbled whites have beautiful black and white markings. They are somewhat flighty and don't always cooperate with the camera. I was in luck today (there were so many of them that occasionally one would settle in range of the camera).<\/p>\n

<\/span> Marbled white butterfly<\/span><\/p>\n

This next shot looks a bit odd. Click on it for the full size image. It's an attempt at a 3D stereoscopic image. You need to make your self go cross-eyed, and what should happen is that the two images merge into a third (in the centre) which should have 3D properties. That's the theory. If you have trouble getting it to come into focus hold a pin a few inches in front of your face and focus on that. The image should appear. Or not!<\/p>\n

<\/span>3d image – click to enlarge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Finally, a video from last night of all the garden visitors. We had a lot!<\/p>\n

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Camera note: all shots taken with the Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG macro apart from the meadow brown butterfly which was taken with the EF 400mm f\/5.6L USM lens.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[992,991],"tags":[160,549,1144,1142,1128,232,326],"class_list":["post-1423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-butterfly-insects-2","category-insects-2","tag-badger-2","tag-beetle","tag-butterfly","tag-cub","tag-fox","tag-insect","tag-wood-mouse","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t