Mihali's Blog

Tried out my new macro lens with this pretty and obliging hover fly. @venuslaowa #gh5 #loawa60mm #laowa #macro #wildlife

This is by far the best and safest way to photograph bees. #homeschooling #naturephotography #gh5 #startthemyoung

Rescued this little beauty from being squished on our morning cycle. #stagbeetle #getoudoors #britishwildlife

#blackouttuesday #blacklivesmatter

Our butterflies finally emerged from their chrysalises. @insectloreeu #butterflies #butterfliesofinstagram #paintedladybutterfly #insectloreeurope #ukbutterflies #britishwildlife #cameraman #filming #lockdown #panasonicgh5 #macro

Some shots from yesterday’s action at the bee hotel. Red mason bees are solitary bees. A single female builds her own nest and lines each 'cell' with mud and pollen. She lays a single egg in each and caps it off with mud. This continues till the tube is full. The egg will hatch, pupate in autumn and hibernate over winter. When constructing the individual cell walls she carries mud with her jaws and enters the entrance hole head first. She then comes out and reverses back into the cavity, making it easier to brush off the pollen from her underside. You can see a completed tube with mud sealing up the row of cells. #bees #redmasonbees #beehotel #filmingathome #lockdown #macro #GH5 #bored

Finally put up a bee hotel last week and sure enough...if you build it they will come. Sacked off home schooling this afternoon and sat in the garden watching (and filming) them come and go. Kids were excited....for about 2 mins. Anyway, a nice addition to the hood. 🐝 🐝 🐝 #lockdownlife #bees #beehotel

To satisfy both home schooling and my photography, I bought some painted lady caterpillars form @insectlore and help prevent lockdown lunacy kicking in. Kids have loved watching the caterpillars grow and transform into chrysalises looking forward to seeing the butterflies emerge soon! #metamorphosis #chrysalis #paintedladybutterfly @insectloreeurope @insectloreeu

Okay so I got a bit bored yesterday and ended up trying out the stop motion feature on my camera....stay sane everyone! #stopmotion #lockdownactivities #gh5

In these crazy times try to get out if you can. Stay a safe distance, get some air and remind yourself the world can be a beautiful place.

Mihali Moore

RT @mac_puck: 1/ "We will take back control of our MONEY our LAWS and our BORDERS" Let's have a look at "our money" Seems to m… https://t.co/OEZqSWA9JI
Jun 14, 2019, 11:35 AM