Cranefly

I think the cold had affected this cranefly - it was originally skittering wingfully (?) across the ground right by the back door of the house, but after a minute or two, ended up near the compost bin area on the soil there. It's flight was pitifully painful looking - it could barely flap its wings and I doubt that it managed to get itself 2 inches in the air at any point.


Anyway, these were as it manoeuvred across the soil:


Exif:
Copyright: Paul Iddon - A View of the UK
Camera: Canon EOS 70D
Exposure: Manual exposure, 1/250 sec, ISO 160




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http://www.canon-fodder-forums.com/p...024crane02.jpg






Paul.

always remind me of war of the worlds crane flys good stuff

Cute