I cheated today, because I took this picture last year (as you may have guessed from the barley/oats that it’s resting on).
Personally, I love this picture, because there’s a glint in this little guy’s eye that seems to exude character.
As it happened, I had him labelled as a moth for all this time – probably because of the hairy look about him. However, after trawling the web for a good half hour, I finally figured out that he is actually a Large Skipper Butterfly. He’s supposed to live a bit further south than this, which would probably explain why I’d never seen one before – but I think he’s gorgeous, and I’ll be looking around for a few more members of his clan as the weather warms up.
© Alice through the Macro Lens [2012]
Alice through the Macro Lens 
This is beautiful. You are able to see the bug in such detail and you could almost think that it has hair on its body like a mammal, but that is just the workings of macro photography for you. Great picture.
It is very fluffy isn’t it! I think that’s why it doesn’t look so ugly as many of them.
Thanks for the comment 🙂
Great macro shot! Love the bokeh! 🙂
Thank you. Not sure I know what bokeh means though! 🙂
Bokeh is the blur of the background or out of focus subject 😉
I think he’s watching you, wondering if you are friend or foe 🙂
Well, I’m glad he trusted me long enough to get the picture! 🙂
Wonderful!
Thank you sir!
Great marco I love your bugs I need to get some of mine up.
You should – don’t keep them all to yourself !
Lovely shot Alice.. great colours..
Thank you ma’am.
I hope you are feeling better in yourself x
It’s slow Alice.. AS long as I don’t think about work I’m not too bad!!