Blackberry bushes provide protection, shelter, and food to many insects. Here are a few photos I made within a short time looking at these bushes (and wondering when their fruit would be ripe so they could feed me as well):
A large skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus), groot dikkopje in Dutch, having lunch:
Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f8, 1/125s
A grasshopper of unknown make and model:
Olympus Stylus 1s, 200mm, ISO200, f8, 1/160s
Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/320s
A small heath (Coenonympha pamphilus), hooibeestje in Dutch:
Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/125s
This comma (Polygonia c-album), gehakkelde aurelia in Dutch, had just finished eating and was warming up in the grass:
Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/160s
I also noticed that some of the blackberry bushes deeper into the peat bog had very pink flowers, which is unusual:
Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO800, f8, 1/30s
I wonder what causes this colour difference.
Thanks for watching!