Dasymutilla occidentalis (Velvet Ant aka Cow Killer)
May 3, 2013 08:36:54 #
From my archives (July 2007)...This is really a flightless Female Wasp, even though it's also known as a "Velvet Ant"...Common down here in the South. You don't want to get stung by one (ergo the "Cow Killer" nickname) & they are difficult to squish as their exoskeletons are so hard
May 3, 2013 10:36:35 #
did you cool it down? these just dont stop and are hard to shoot.nice shots.
May 3, 2013 10:51:57 #
No, I didn't cool it down. I put it in a container & it crawled around the lip of it for awhile... It was all I could do to simply pre focus on a section of the rim & wait for it to come around ...
tinusbum wrote:
did you cool it down? these just dont stop and are hard to shoot.nice shots.
May 3, 2013 10:58:20 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
No, I didn't cool it down. I put it in a container & it crawled around the lip of it for awhile... It was all I could do to simply pre focus on a section of the rim & wait for it to come around ...
well,you did a good job.
May 3, 2013 11:05:59 #
Thanks !!
tinusbum wrote:
well,you did a good job.
May 3, 2013 12:21:09 #
May 3, 2013 12:38:42 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
2007! Two years before I purchased my first DSLR.
i was given my 1st dslr in 2009
May 3, 2013 12:59:05 #
My first DSLR was in late 2005/early 2006 (Nikon D70s)....Prior to that I had a Nikon Coolpix 8700 8mp bridge camera...Had a Coolpix 4300 (4mp) before that & on old RCA CDS 6300 2.3mp point & shoot prior to the 4300...I've been shooting digital since 2002... Currently have my old D70s, a D300 & a D7100 DSLR's. Then I've got a Sigma DP2s, CanonPowershot SX100IS, Fujifilm Finepix AX (16mp), Olympus u840 plus several other smaller mp size point & shoots...Don't even ask about film cameras...
May 3, 2013 18:58:10 #
Love the way you out smarted the wasp to get your shot :thumbup:
May 3, 2013 20:31:10 #
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