Notions 51 - Nature: Portraits from a world taken for granted.

A Greenbottle (neomyia cornicina) investigating the corpse of a Flesh Fly (sarcophaga carnaria).

Notions 50 - Nature: Portraits from a world taken for granted.

This 'Jumping Spider' wasn't too keen to have its portrait taken, and is just about to spring up and spread-eagle itself across my lens.

Notions 49 - Nature: Portraits from a world taken for granted.

Meadow Grasshopper ( l. chorthippus parallelus), handicapped, with only one rear leg, but still game!

Notions 48 - Nature: Portraits from a world taken for granted.

Flesh Fly (l. sarcophaga carnaria).

Notions 47 - Nature: Portraits from a world taken for granted.

A cat had got at this Oriental Cockroach (l. blatta orientalis), and took fright as I came to investigate.