Day 286 Daily Challenge 10/12/12 Insects
Oct 12, 2012 11:53:24 #
JoeV wrote:
Mostly from my butterfly collection. When I was a kid, we had to do a science project where we killed and pinned hapless creatures onto cardboard. Horrible experience, actually. Much prefer doing it with a camera.
Hi Joe,
I have seen those "Stick Bugs"(pg7) too.....here in southern California....
Susie Q
Oct 12, 2012 11:56:37 #
Bugs, insects, spiders, and all those things aren't my "thing", but you certainly do all make them look good. Don't know if these are bugs, insects or what, but they were "shot" this morning with the exception of #1 and #4 - from last week.
Inching up an old wire gate - whatever this thing is.
A something on a zinnia
Shot a fly in my flower!
Wasps or hornets a buzzin' on the old steeple.
Oct 12, 2012 12:01:52 #
Georgiann wrote:
EEEK what's that last thing? Love the mantis!
Frankie wrote:
Nice shots, Georgiann. I love your damselfly! You've gotten us off to a good start. I thought I'd post a few tonight while I'm still up...
Georgiann wrote:
Insects are kinda fun if you can get them in focus, would love to have a macro lense but then I would have to get to close I don't think they're that much fun! Here are a few of my favorites, let me see some of yours now!
Nice shots, Georgiann. I love your damselfly! You've gotten us off to a good start. I thought I'd post a few tonight while I'm still up...
EEEK what's that last thing? Love the mantis!
I'm not really sure what he is ... some sort of grasshopper I think or maybe a leafbug? That was the first praying mantis I had ever seen...I was very excited to get to shoot him.
Oct 12, 2012 12:03:49 #
Oct 12, 2012 12:07:37 #
RiverNan wrote:
bee globe...cool Wahawk
p4- Thanks Nan! I thought it did a better job of drawing attention to it!
Oct 12, 2012 12:08:51 #
Peanut wrote:
Bee globe is very cool!
Wahawk wrote:
My favorite 'insect' photos -- BEES!!
Bee globe is very cool!
Thank you Peanut!
Oct 12, 2012 12:10:13 #
Georgiann wrote:
ok so a bee is a bug and a bug is an insect or is a insect not a bug, then what is a bug?
Oh, and to add to the confusion. A spider is not an insect...he is in a class all his own along with tick & the like. They are arachnids (sp?) and have 8 legs instead of 6 and a 2 part segmented body instead of 3 parts (as insects) do. Maybe we should have a day devoted to spiders!!! Yuck Oh, and btw, not trying to be a smarty pants...just adding to what you were saying. (I thought I knew that stuff but I looked it up to make sure before I posted it lol.)
Oct 12, 2012 12:12:31 #
Georgiann wrote:
If I was a bug I'd like hanging in that purple flower, great bugs!
Wahawk wrote:
Insects/Bugs/Etc are not something I get to see much of, so mine are "chance encounters" !
First one is evidence that there WAS something there!!
First one is evidence that there WAS something there!!
If I was a bug I'd like hanging in that purple flower, great bugs!
Thanks! All chance encounters! I was just looking for flowers, etc and didn't even notice some of the bugs/insects until I got them onto my computer!!
Oct 12, 2012 12:15:40 #
catgirl wrote:
don't do bugs they give me the creeps, just one live mantis that was on the wall by the front door, the rest are from Santa Ana Botanical gardens, and the good ole standby Bellagio
Your bugs are the best, catgirl. I know they won't sting or bite me
Oct 12, 2012 12:21:05 #
Frankie wrote:
Oh, Markar, I love your dragonfly!! Perfect :thumbup:
markar wrote:
This guy landed on my brother's hat.
I have posted it before but it's my only insect.
I have posted it before but it's my only insect.
Oh, Markar, I love your dragonfly!! Perfect :thumbup:
Thank you, Frankie. I love your praying mantis and the last one.
Oct 12, 2012 12:24:43 #
Frankie wrote:
quote=Georgiann ok so a bee is a bug and a bug is... (show quote)
LOL!!! So many definitions for these little "critters"! To me, if it is a little living critter and it "bugs" me, then it is a BUG as far as I am concerned! LOL!!
Oct 12, 2012 12:25:37 #
JacLee wrote:
Pg. 3: Thank you Catgirl, I did name it as a Daddy Longlegs, but Markar said it is a Crain Fly so I changed it. Maybe it is called by both names.
catgirl wrote:
we call the first one a Daddy longlegs pg 1
JacLee wrote:
I don't have much of anything Sorry!
we call the first one a Daddy longlegs pg 1
Pg. 3: Thank you Catgirl, I did name it as a Daddy Longlegs, but Markar said it is a Crain Fly so I changed it. Maybe it is called by both names.
Well, actually it was Bmac who identified the Crain Fly. Don't want to take credit for his knowledge.
Oct 12, 2012 12:26:21 #
Oct 12, 2012 12:27:06 #
# 1 is very pretty, Scouse. He looks black and white.
Scouse007 wrote:
Here a some I took earlier in the year
Oct 12, 2012 12:28:50 #
Pollen please!! can you see his knees
collecting some pollen
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