Spider vs Fly – the denouement

Butterfly through a vintage lens

One of the things I most enjoy about my mirrorless camera is its ability to use (with a suitable adapter) … More

Using a 30-70mm manual lens with 26mm of macro extension tubes, f4.5 1/400 sec, ISO 200.

“About now, young fly began to wonder if he should have perhaps paid more attention to those old ‘parlour’ stories . … More

Spider-of-the-day, a perfectly amusing wolf spider, a native to be found in most New Zealand gardens – Anoteropsis hilaris. With eyes arranged … More

The Tiny Green Letterbox Spider, Eriophora cursorium*. As found by my letterbox, and posing here in its natural environment, on … More

There are at least 240,000 species of flies, the internets tell me, albeit less than half have been properly described. Some varieties are … More

Ordinary things are amazing when you look closely – like this everyday Daddy Longlegs spider, crawling across a red-painted wall … More

Look, an early monarch caterpillar, one of two hatchlings now munching through the remains of last year’s tattered swan plant. … More

The last of the summer monarch butterflies escaped it’s chrysalis today, pictured here climbing up to a suitable branch as it … More