Desert shot - 10.11.12
Oct 18, 2012 13:23:28 #
They keep getting more odd...first three...then more of what I guess would be called normal....
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Oct 18, 2012 14:15:16 #
Very nice series, what is #2 ? I don't think I've ever seen one like that before
Oct 18, 2012 16:49:26 #
Oct 18, 2012 18:27:36 #
#3 is an assassin bug, i just saw #1&2 in a bug site but i cant remember the name.nice shots.tom
Oct 18, 2012 19:02:08 #
cameraniac
Loc: Huntingburg, Indiana
The bug in #'s 1&2 kind of resembles a Trilobite. Nice captures!
Oct 18, 2012 21:08:45 #
#1 & #2 are adult Tortoise beetle and nymph.
#4 is a Goldenrod (aka Flower) Crab spider.
#4 is a Goldenrod (aka Flower) Crab spider.
Oct 18, 2012 22:58:20 #
Oct 19, 2012 01:54:53 #
Thanks everyone for taking the time to comment on the shots- clicktime with time I would like to venture into focus stacking- Douglass I have you in the back of my mind "keep the eyes in focus". I must throw out at least half of my shots, but I love to shoot me some bugs....
Oct 19, 2012 02:34:29 #
B.U.G.S wrote:
Today I captured 26 images of a jumping spider devouring a winged termite. I posted five images, and I believe that is three too many, but I cannot decide which to disclude. The OoF eyes were easy.I have you in the back of my mind "keep the eyes in focus".
Dec 1, 2018 11:27:58 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
#1 & #2 are adult Tortoise beetle and nymph.
#4 is a Goldenrod (aka Flower) Crab spider.
#4 is a Goldenrod (aka Flower) Crab spider.
Wonder if this will be noticed after all these years. #2 is the shed pupa of the beetle seen in #1. Note how fresh the adult looks.
I recently joined. Looking at past posts, wish I had gotten here earlier. My photography lags my entomology interests by about fifty years. A manque till now,photo subjects endless. Skill level, a lot to learn.
Bill
Dec 1, 2018 12:05:32 #
All very good and especially interesting. Tortoise beetles are rather odd at all stages, except perhaps at the egg stage. As larvae, they sit out in the open, looking similiar to the 'trilobite' pupae shown here. Their abdomen is generally curled upward and to the end they attach a wad of their own excrement and cast skins. This to make their enemies back away in sheer repugnance.
This particular species is Physonota arizonae. If you search further on the same kind of plants that these were on, in time you should find larvae.
This particular species is Physonota arizonae. If you search further on the same kind of plants that these were on, in time you should find larvae.
Dec 1, 2018 17:24:42 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
All very good and i especially /i interesting. T... (show quote)
If you collected and pinned specimens, you may have noticed that their colours fade quickly, more so in sunlight. I believe the colours are REFRACTED color, like a starling. A waxy coating may be why. The white bloom on aging dragonflies seems to be a wax. A mere waft over a lighter and it is gone. That fuzz on wooly aphids, the same. Lots of unanswered questions in this field.
Bill
Dec 1, 2018 17:27:31 #
B.U.G.S wrote:
They keep getting more odd...first three...then more of what I guess would be called normal....
In #5, the fly must have just told a ribald joke. The grasshopper is blushing.
Bill
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