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Early morning bugs 7/23/2012

Jul 23, 2012 09:59:17 #

hangman45 Loc: Hueytown Alabama

Going to be a hot one today so decided to see what was out this morning

Jul 23, 2012 14:40:30 #

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

Was bee active or sleeping? Looks like she has a bite-grip on plant.

All are excellent images.

Jul 23, 2012 14:45:12 #

hangman45 Loc: Hueytown Alabama

Nikonian72 wrote:

Was bee active or sleeping? Looks like she has a bite-grip on plant.
All are excellent images.

She was active. If you look to the right of the plant, you can see the pollen she was stirring up in the air.

Jul 23, 2012 14:54:53 #

kinghen

Nice!

Jul 23, 2012 17:21:30 #

sarge69 Loc: Ft Myers, FL

Early morning bugs DOES NOT ALLOW SPIDERS.

Aaarrghhhh

Sarge

Jul 23, 2012 17:32:33 #

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

sarge69 wrote:

Early morning bugs DOES NOT ALLOW SPIDERS.

It is only an itty-bitty, teensy-weensy jumping spider, so it does not really count.

Jul 23, 2012 18:27:06 #

hangman45 Loc: Hueytown Alabama

sarge69 wrote:

Early morning bugs DOES NOT ALLOW SPIDERS.
Aaarrghhhh
Sarge

He was very very small less than a 1/8 of an in long

Jul 23, 2012 18:37:35 #

sarge69 Loc: Ft Myers, FL

He should be less than 1/16th of an inch FLAT.
:shock:
Sarge

Jul 24, 2012 05:52:43 #

Shaka Loc: Brisbane, Australia

Excellent photos! Just curious, does the tiny spider have four eyes, or is it two eyes and two of something else?

Jul 24, 2012 15:32:10 #

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

Shaka wrote:

Excellent photos! Just curious, does the tiny spider have four eyes, or is it two eyes and two of something else?

All spiders have eight eyes, including simple eyes on back of head. Not all spider eyes are equal: some small, simple eyes only detect shadows (warning), some movement (hunting), some for triangulation (wide spread), and some for fine detail (large).

Jul 25, 2012 06:45:53 #

Shaka Loc: Brisbane, Australia

Thank you, Douglass. I didn't know that, it's really interesting. Considering that spiders have small eyes does it mean that the large eyes are compound eyes?

Jul 25, 2012 12:48:02 #

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

Shaka wrote:

Considering that spiders have small eyes does it mean that the large eyes are compound eyes?

The front-facing eyes are lensed & focus-able, just like our eyes, but no iris.

Jul 25, 2012 21:57:09 #

carlysue Loc: Columbus

fascinating! Also appreciate the sharing of knowledge of the bug world as well as instruction in macro. What is that little guy in #2--kind of a mousy face.

Jul 29, 2012 12:05:29 #

infestation Loc: Brampton, Cumbria, UK

Great images, even in a morning all this variety.

Jul 29, 2012 14:30:02 #

ianhargraves1066 Loc: NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida

hangman45 wrote:

Going to be a hot one today so decided to see what was out this morning

Again one word, superb!

Ian

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