Culicoides (biting midge)1-2mm adults

Dorsal surface, anterior thorax pair of dark, elongated depressions “humeral pits” diagnostic characteristic for Culicoides

Mansonella perstans, M. streptocerca, M. ozzardi

Arbovirus - oropouche

Another one for the family album *sigh*

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NAIL-BITING TIME - Alvord senior Jennifer Ward is one of three Lady Bulldog seniors hoping to land a playoff berth after the team missed the postseason last year.

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only wicked biting spider here

lincoln, nz

Or eating, this gorilla seems very pensive

The next morning I found Kita very sound asleep besdie the well-bitten box. Not a 'box nester' like Carney was, Kita is a box biter. Little pieces like these were all over the place!

the Weekend Furry Photo Festival continues - this is #15

in the series

Day 2

Mucking around with the macro on our doggie walk. Shooting macro is a completely different kettle of fish in comparison to shooting with a zoom or a normal prime. Getting the DOF just right is so much more trickier in a macro shot.

Do I want only one section highlighted? Or do I want to step back and give it another ago? So many choices...

Sigma 105/2.8 macro, k-s2

Margaret has teeth, and she knows how to use them.

(Blair Field, Long Beach, Long Beach State vs. Cal-Berkeley, first round of the NCAA baseball playoffs.)

Horses having fun

Canon EOS 20D w/ EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 USM IS

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Taken at South Lakes Wildlife Park, Dalton-in-Furness.

Walking up to the designated space, just under the mountain Krn

'Biting things is fun!'

ID'd as Simuliidae (black flies).

Wolfcenter Dörverden

Taken on the second day of our Safari from Mara Sarova Lodge