{"id":5511,"date":"2020-01-03T17:02:24","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T17:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5511"},"modified":"2020-01-03T17:02:24","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T17:02:24","slug":"reviewing-earlier-photos-insects-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5511","title":{"rendered":"Reviewing earlier photos: Insects part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have reprocessed the rest of my early insect photos; here is a selection of them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First up is a pair of Hornet Moths, so called because at first glance they look like hornets! These were on the trunk of a poplar tree where, apparently, the grubs feed on the roots:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next is a wasp cutting through plastic mesh to enable clear access to their nest – you can see some cuts on the bottom left. By the time they finished, there was a hole about 2-3 inches across:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This next one is of a spider’s web (yawn), but was is different about this one is that the light refracts on the dew (yes dew, not sprayed water!) showing colours of the rainbow; green-blue on the left and red-pink on the right. Depending on your device you may need to look carefully to see the colours:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Slugs are less glamorous, but are essential workers cleaning up a lot of organic debris:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And finally, a soldier beetle on cow parsley:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have reprocessed the rest of my early insect photos; here is a selection of them: First up is a pair of Hornet Moths, so called because at first glance they look like hornets! These were on the trunk of a poplar tree where, apparently, the grubs feed on the roots: Next is a wasp … Continue reading “Reviewing earlier photos: Insects part 2”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,93,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-insects","category-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5511"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5521,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5511\/revisions\/5521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}