Lee Frost's Capture Of Life

24/06/2026

"Assassinated"

Happy , everyone! 🙌🏻

This image was taken a few weeks ago while I was on a family holiday in Mallorca, Spain. To be honest, I almost left my camera at home. I assumed there wouldn’t be enough spare time for photography between family activities, but at the last minute I decided to pack it anyway.

I’m incredibly glad I did.

One morning, I set my alarm for 4:30 a.m. and slipped out before the kids woke up to see what I could find. The early start was more than worth it. As the first light crept across the vegetation, I stumbled upon a remarkable scene: a red assassin bug (Rhynocoris cuspidatus) in the middle of a deadly encounter with an unsuspecting weevil (Lixus sp).

The weevil never stood a chance.

Assassin bugs are masters of stealth, lurking motionless among leaves and stems as they wait for prey to wander within striking distance. When the moment is right, they launch a lightning-fast attack, driving their needle-like proboscis into their victim. Once pierced, the assassin bug injects a powerful neurotoxic venom that quickly immobilises the prey while simultaneously liquefying its internal tissues.

With the hard work done, the assassin bug then uses its proboscis like a straw, slowly drawing out the nutrient-rich contents of its victim.

Nature can be beautiful, fascinating, and brutal all at once—and witnessing this tiny drama unfold in the early morning was a moment I won’t forget. 🤯📸
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18/06/2026

Hey guys! 👋🏻 🌸💗 Happy 🙌🏻

Here's a portrait of a beautiful "Heather crab spider" - (Thomisus onustus) found in Dorset, UK. 🇬🇧
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09/06/2026

Awesome to have one of my images shared on tonight's episode of BBC Springwatch. 👀📷

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16/05/2026

Hey guys!! Happy ♥️💙🖤🤍

It's been a while since I've posted anything, so I thought I'd make the effort today. I came across this image whilst scrolling through my 50,000 memory cards. 😆

It was taken this time last year on a family holiday in Portugal. I only managed an hour with the camera all week, but I came across this cool scene of this tiny colourful, Algerian jumping spider (Cyrba algerina).
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24/04/2026

The wood white butterfly's courtship is one of the most delicate in nature: a quiet, graceful dance as two butterflies face one another, wings gently opening and closing, antennae waving in a moment so subtle few ever get to see it.

We have a chance to protect this fragile beauty, along with other butterflies and the habitats they depends on.

Please support our Big Give appeal and help safeguard the future of all pollinators in the Forest. Donate today and be part of its survival - https://heyor.ca/kSTm9V

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Macro photography shot of a wood white butterfly. The details captured are incredible, thank you Lee Frost's Capture Of Life

16/04/2026

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Be Kind To Spiders Week, an annual celebration of the wonderful array of our eight-legged friends, ended just over a week ago.

😥 This week we're saddened, but not surprised, to see that misleading and scaremongering headlines about our spiders are once again appearing in the media.

🕷️ We believe that people should be kind to spiders every day, they are an amazing and diverse group of invertebrates. Not convinced? Maybe Buglife President Steve Backshall can change your mind?

🗣️ “Spiders are in many ways the most exciting creatures on earth. Right here in the UK we have spiders that’ll dive underwater to catch tadpoles and even small fish, spiders that tend their young in little creches made from silken tents, little wolves that carry their spiderlings around on their backs, even cute jumping spiders that’ll bounce around like they’re on pogo sticks – and will even show off to you if they think you’re a rival!" ~ Buglife President, Steve Backshall

💚 Don't let the headlines skew you views of our awesome arachnids. Learn more about spectacular spiders through the Love Bugs section of our website and spider up your socials feed by following British Arachnological Society. Become a spider advocate!
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buglife.org.uk/bugs/love-bugs/spectacular-spiders/
📷 Heather Crab Spider (Thomisus onustus) © Buglife Shutterbug, Lee Frost / Lee Frost's Capture Of Life

07/04/2026

Concluding our Be Kind To Spiders Week journey, let us introduce you to the Cellar Spider (Pholcus phalangioides).

🕷️ A familiar sight in many a home, and known by a variety of different names including the Daddy Longlegs Spider, the Cellar Spider despite its spindly legs and fragile looking appearance is a ferocious predator. Not only feeding on any insects they can find within a home, that become trapped in their flimsy webs, but also hunting other spiders - including surprisingly large house spiders and even species considered dangerous such as the Redback Spider (Latrodectus hasselti), also known as the Australian Black Widow.

🥚 Female Cellar Spiders wrap their eggs in silk to form a flimsy but effective egg sac, which the mother then carries in her jaws (check out the baby spiders in this amazing photograph!) On hatching, the young will stay within the protection of their mother and her web for several days before gradually dispersing.

🌍 Did you know? The Cellar Spider is a subtropical species that has expanded its range hugely and is now found throughout Europe, mainly thanks to people. It was not always a familiar sight in the UK, and was first recorded in southern Britain in 1864.
📷 Cellar Spider (Pholcus phalangioides) from Buglife "Shutterbug", Staffordshire based award winning macro photographer © Lee Frost / Lee Frost's Capture Of Life