bugs galore!

went to the island house not too long ago, finally got round to posting pics of what i found there! :D the nicest being the bloodrop moth (direct translation from norwegian). used my new macro filter, which is essentially a magnifying glass that can be screwed on to the camera XD it has its drawbacks, such as having to be quite close to the subject, but i like it anyway.

bloodrop moths are surprisingly easy to take pics of, considering that they fly as slow as bees and they dont care if you go close to them.
went to sit around near bushes and stare into them, and found lots of interesting bugs XD
this spider is building a 'nest' by weaving the leaves shut eventually. how do i know? there's alot of other spiders of the same species already cosy in their leaf homes.
WORMIE!
This worm was immobile. i HAD to poke it with a stick. to my surprise, it remained dead frozen and was hard to poke.
and of course i had to chase butterflies... sadly i couldnt get a macro of a brown butterfly with yellow 'eyes' on its wings. i took a crappy shot with my sony a100 which had the zoom lens, but i'll post the pic later. much later.

fuzzy wuzzy bumble bee XD
and a cool spider...
oh whoops, surprise, more mating bugs from tina!

obviously no privacy. a bee came and NUDGED them away so it could get the flower. interestingly, when the moths mate, one of them will be in a feeding frenzy and go from flower to flower (on the same stalk though) while the other will try keep up while being connected XD and they mate for HOURS. when we left the island house, they were still going at it.

going for a short trip to Rorost, an old norwegian town this weekend and a hotel thats 1000m above sea level in some mountains. cant wait :D