Luke D Chambers

@singaporemacro They look absolutely awesome 😍

First experimental shots with a customised UV flash. Need to fine-tune the setup to deal with light leakage, narrowing the UV bandpass, etc. BUT much easier and faster to get usable shots.

After finding a large pupa in the garden, my son and I decided to monitor, to see what would emerge. Turns out is what a stunning Elephant Hawk Moth (Deilephila elpenor) 😍 @BBCSpringwatch @YorksWildlife @BritishMoths #macro #wildlife #Deilephilaelpenor #beautiful #earthcapture

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"There are a lot more bees out there that are vital to the ecosystem" Photographer and winner of the wildlife photography contest Luke Chambers @MacroChambers, told That's TV how he spotted this rare armed nomad bee.

@TTVOxfordshire Thanks so much for the opportunity 😊

@WaveneyCott @BritishSpiders Ah of course! And I had the privilege of meeting them in person a couple of months ago 😊

Any more contributions for spidery pumpkins?

@WaveneyCott @BritishSpiders Those are amazing 😍

@singaporemacro What a shot!

Kids are climbing over her head again, while she holds onto the egg sac with the younger siblings.

@ivysuckle She has some seriously beautiful markings 😍

Having previously found Green Meshweaver spiders (Nigma walckenaeri) associated with ivy & occasionally holly, then rediscovering them in the garden on viburnum, this individual snacking on a tiny fly today was an unexpected find on a tomato leaf. 🕷💚🍃

@singaporemacro Definitely the second. More detail, and a much cooler angle.

Same spider, same scene, same pose, same camera, same lens, just some optics added in front. Which do you prefer? Heteropoda davidbowie ♂

@DrRossPiper And speaking of spiders, Pisaura mirabilis would make a great segment. Males with nuptial gifts. Females carrying their egg sacs, and then guarding the nursery and her developing young 😊

@DrRossPiper If there is a spider focused section as there was in the original, is there talks of including Steatoda nobilis? It would be great to have something out there to put a lot of the nonsense to bed, once, and for all. Not sure if that type of thing is what you're going for of course

I'm helping the BBC with a new landmark series on terrestrial invertebrates. If there are any fascinating stories you know of or that you're working on, please get in touch. Pls RT.

@DrRossPiper Cuckoo/Rubytailed wasps??

@DrRossPiper 2 things I think would be great to feature. The European Beewolf (Philanthus triangulum) and its relationship with Honey Bees. And also the maternal care of the Lace-weaver (Amaurobius sp.) and how the female let's her young eat her alive 😊

@DrRossPiper Yeah I can imagine. Plus it's over quite quickly, so it may not be the most worthwhile segment.

@DrRossPiper Oh, and Beegrabbers!

@DrRossPiper @BartramGail Wait, yes as in that's what you're working on?! 😍

@MacroChambers @BartramGail Yes. Nearly 20 years old now!

@JulesA4thJuly @TimothyJonas @BritishSpiders @YorksWildlife @BBCSpringwatch @BBCEarth Thank you very much! They are stunning!

@MacroChambers @TimothyJonas @BritishSpiders @YorksWildlife @BBCSpringwatch @BBCEarth Amazing shot of beautiful spiders!

A very happy garden find! Something I've wanted to see for years; a mating pair of Green Meshweavers (Nigma walckenaeri) 😍 @TimothyJonas @BritishSpiders @YorksWildlife @BBCSpringwatch @BBCEarth #Nigmawalckenaeri #macro #spiders #nature

@shreyasknv Agreed! The angle is so good

Absolutely fantastic photo!