IMG_8954 Nectar Sipper
Here is a cute little fellow, whom I have dubbed "Elephant Nosed Sipper"... I have no idea what it actually is. It is obviously in the beetle group, which has more species than any other group on Earth.
This little guy is in the center of a daisy, carefully going from one tiny yellow flower to the next, and inserting its long proboscis down into the nectar.
It had to stick its whole head into the flower tube to reach the nectar, but it was determined and methodical.
On some of the below photos you can see the distant white of the daisy petals, and more of this remarkable little nectar sipper.
I chose this one as the main photo because you could see most of the insect here, including part of its long proboscis, and its eyes.
These were taken by holding a 50 mm lens, reversed, in front of my telephoto lens which was set at 70mm. (If I tried to zoom in with my telephoto, I couldn't get close enough to the object to focus on it.) It is super magnified.
PS... Anybody know what happened to the quality of our maps on "Add this photo to your map" function? You used to be able to zoom way in on the satellite view and now you can't anymore! (whine)
IMG_8954 Nectar Sipper
Here is a cute little fellow, whom I have dubbed "Elephant Nosed Sipper"... I have no idea what it actually is. It is obviously in the beetle group, which has more species than any other group on Earth.
This little guy is in the center of a daisy, carefully going from one tiny yellow flower to the next, and inserting its long proboscis down into the nectar.
It had to stick its whole head into the flower tube to reach the nectar, but it was determined and methodical.
On some of the below photos you can see the distant white of the daisy petals, and more of this remarkable little nectar sipper.
I chose this one as the main photo because you could see most of the insect here, including part of its long proboscis, and its eyes.
These were taken by holding a 50 mm lens, reversed, in front of my telephoto lens which was set at 70mm. (If I tried to zoom in with my telephoto, I couldn't get close enough to the object to focus on it.) It is super magnified.
PS... Anybody know what happened to the quality of our maps on "Add this photo to your map" function? You used to be able to zoom way in on the satellite view and now you can't anymore! (whine)