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Apr 3, 2013 20:40:59   #
napabob Loc: Napa CA
 
it landed on me, shot it and then let it go in my bushes last night and then watched it wander around, it ran into a total of four tunnel spiders, they tried valiantly to have it for a midnight snack, it escaped all but the last one, but discovered this morning the spider could only immobilize it not kill it. I rescued it and it took a long time getting the web off it, but it's still active on a bush in the yard last I looked













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Apr 3, 2013 20:50:31   #
Yoos2 Loc: BC Canada
 
I am really impressed with the color and general quality of those photos. There is another world out there if we take the time to look for it! You have obviously done that and done it well. John

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Apr 3, 2013 20:53:36   #
St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet
 
Thank God bugs are small...

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Apr 3, 2013 22:00:52   #
napabob Loc: Napa CA
 
Yoos2 wrote:
I am really impressed with the color and general quality of those photos. There is another world out there if we take the time to look for it! You have obviously done that and done it well.
I thank you, I do look at the world differently now without a doubt.

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Apr 3, 2013 22:07:27   #
gym Loc: Athens, Georgia
 
Great detail! In the second one, you almost expect a tiny soldier to run out, mount this thing, and fly away to war, like in the movie 'Avatar'. Maybe the little Asian warrior in one of Tinusbum's shots....


:)

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Apr 3, 2013 22:28:04   #
LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field
 
Fantastic!

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Apr 3, 2013 23:00:36   #
drhanson Loc: Coos Bay, Oregon
 
Very well done and I could not say it better than John.

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Apr 4, 2013 04:03:46   #
Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA
 
Just what the heck is it?

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Apr 4, 2013 07:10:53   #
martinfisherphoto Loc: Lake Placid Florida
 
Great Profile in the 2nd shot, mean looking critter.

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Apr 4, 2013 08:35:04   #
PRETENDER Loc: Micanopy,Florida
 
Wow! Just when I had almost given up on macro. Thanks.

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Apr 4, 2013 08:48:48   #
tinusbum Loc: east texas
 
beautiful shots!!!! you have some weird texas bugs in calif. :-D

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Apr 4, 2013 09:10:33   #
sford122 Loc: Amarillo TX
 
A very cool critter. I love the 2nd shot.

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Apr 4, 2013 09:18:18   #
joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ
 
Fantastic set; #6 could be the inspiration for a sequel to the Alien movie.

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Apr 4, 2013 10:58:53   #
yhtomit Loc: Port Land. Oregon
 
What a great bug.

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Apr 4, 2013 13:02:16   #
gym Loc: Athens, Georgia
 
Nikonian72 wrote:
Just what the heck is it?


It's a snakefly, very closely related to lacewings.

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