Microcosm of Baikal

Microcosm of Baikal

Categories: Microworld

In this issue you will find a large selection of macro photographs of Rostislav Mashin, taken during several trips to Lake Baikal over several years.

Microcosm of Baikal

Microcosm of Baikal

Black ant-Treecreeper

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Filly

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Ribbed ragiy

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On the landing! Barbel flower

Microcosm of Baikal

Barbel beetle and bandaged wax beetle

Microcosm of Baikal

The abscess beetle

Microcosm of Baikal

Krestovik (?) *who can tell you what kind of spider it is?

Microcosm of Baikal

Bull horsefly

Microcosm of Baikal

Microcosm of Baikal

The wolf spider from Olkhon. Beautiful and kind) A loner, lives in burrows, does not weave a web for catching prey – at night he gets out of the hole and goes hunting.

Microcosm of Baikal

Microcosm of Baikal

A separate photo shoot for a pond snail

Microcosm of Baikal

Microcosm of Baikal

Microcosm of Baikal

And a few lepidoptera, day and night

Microcosm of Baikal

Hawthorn and dwarf lily

Microcosm of Baikal

Golubyanki

Microcosm of Baikal

Microcosm of Baikal

The Green Moth

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Microcosm of Baikal

Poplar hawk moth, on take-off

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Unpaired silkworm

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And a little more…

Microcosm of Baikal

Breakfast for two – black ant and abscess beetle

Microcosm of Baikal

Spider on a rhododendron flower after the rain

Microcosm of Baikal

... There is life everywhere – and on a steep cliff above Lake Baikal

Microcosm of Baikal

...and since we are talking about plants – a blooming rhododendron, after the rain

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and "the last snowdrops" - an open Lumbago, aka Dream-grass, in fact, belongs to the buttercup family, but it is often called simply "snowdrop" by the people, because of the early flowering, in April-May. It was a great luck to meet a blooming lumbago in June.

Microcosm of Baikal

"Hello!". The Barbel Beetle

Microcosm of Baikal

"Date". The draughtsman and the abscess beetle

Microcosm of Baikal

Krestovik in ambush

Microcosm of Baikal

Spider-sidewalker, aka spider-crab

Microcosm of Baikal

Skakunchik, a spider with a height of slightly more than 2 mm. Very curious, mobile, jumps suddenly and at a distance ten times the length of the body.

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Another horse, female, 3 mm at the withers

Microcosm of Baikal

"Water". Dragonfly larvae are common inhabitants of forest reservoirs: ponds, lakes and swamps. Predators live and guard their prey on the bottom and stems of aquatic plants.

Microcosm of Baikal

A couple of bokoplavs

Microcosm of Baikal

Korean (in my opinion) ant lion on a branch of wormwood

Microcosm of Baikal

Well, and finally – - a small forest sketch

Thank you for watching!)

Keywords: Insects | Baikal | Macro photography | Microcosm

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