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These three bugs left to right are a Rhinoceros beetle, a Euchroma gigantea beetle and a giant cockroach. These 3 were all found in the jungles of Ecuador about 50 years ago.
When I was a child, my aunt was a nurse and missionary for Wycliffe in the jungles of Ecuador. A job she held for 25 years. Every 3-years or so she would travel back to the States on sabbatical and bring all her nieces and nephews cool artifacts from the jungle. Hand made dolls, darts and blow guns the natives used to kill prey, and some of the insects she would find in her hut and medical station. In my book, she was the best and coolest aunt ever! I was a big hit during show and tell!
I had forgot I still had these bugs in a box in my garage until this theme jogged my memory.
To help estimate size, they are sitting on a paper cutter board. The solid lines make 1-inch squares.
Shot for Flickr Friday, Bugs.
Bugs Life
Camera : Nikon D80s
Lens : Nikkor 105 Vr Micro
Focal length : 105mm
ISO : 100
Exposure : Manual
Shutter Speed : 1/320Sec
Aperture : f/3.2
White balance : Auto
Flash : SB-800
Others : Hand Holding
Photoshop : Crop only + logo
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*Bug;
A persistent error in software or hardware. If the bug is in software, it can be corrected by changing the program. If the bug is in hardware, new circuits have to be designed.
Although the derivation of bug is generally attributed to the moth that was found squashed between the points of an electromechanical relay in a computer in the 1940s, the term goes back to the 1800s to refer to flaws in mechanical systems.
Found the Hardware Bug!, A fly on an old scanner circuit board.
PixQuote:
"Reality offers us such wealth that we must cut some of it out on the spot, simplify. The question is, do we always cut out what we should? While we are working, we must be conscious of what we are doing. Sometimes we have the feeling that we have taken a great photo, and yet we continue to unfold."
-Henri Cartier-Bresson
I shot this one a few years back on my Pentax K1000. I had just gotten the book by Lee Frost "The Complete Guide to Night and Lowlight Photography" and tried out something in there.
This was done with sparklers and 100 speed film for about 4-5 minutes.
These were all over the property at Andelot Farm, everywhere this type of grass seed was.
Two-spotted Grass Bug, Stenotus binonatus
Andelot Farm BioBlitz, Worton, Kent Co., MD
Bug Variations
It has come to our attention that the Bugus Aldebaranus has been inadvertently stuffed with cheddar cheese and has thus been recalled.
If you have any of these with the following bar codes please return to your local Walmart or Curves for a full refund....
4620B96A00000057D et al.
Sometimes these creatures can be heard to sing the following:
www.jango.com/stations/77595264/tunein?song_id=75900
Landslide/Flounce et al.
Don't really do bugs or Macro but couldn't resist this little chap. He decided to get in the boot of the car while I was cleaning it.. he would have been splodged but I carefully removed him to a plant following his photoshoot, always grateful for a subject!
Colouring pages from Nature's Glory by Christina Rose
colored with Faber-Castell Pitt Brush
You must love the crust of the earth on which you dwell more than the sweet crust of any bread or cake. You must be able to extract nutriment out of a sand-heap. You must have so good an appetite as this, else you will live in vain.
- Henry David Thoreau
I found this in some dirt in my yard last summer. I cleaned it up and left it on the patio table....... and here it is now.
Detail of the eye of the last instar (nymph) of an African bug (Lubumbashi, DR Congo, January 2013, ID?). Specimen is about 7mm long; it was preserved in ethanol for 3 months, taken out and immediately photographed to avoid dessication of the eyes.
Studio stack based on 97 images (ISO100, 1", Apo Gerogon 240mm as tube lens with iris set on 16, 3x Jansjo leds diffused through paper cylinder). Zerene stacker (Dmap, Pmax), treated moderately in LR (CA), Picasa & GIMP (artifacts, but not all). Cropped from 2.7mm wide to 2mm, now magnification of about 18x (FF).
I liked the interaction between these two when the threat of the camera was spotted. I am sure the larger one turned to protect the smaller one until it was safe again.
TQ167715
I think these are the nymphs of the Spined Predatory Shield Bug (Oechalia schellenbergii). Seen at Evan’s Crown Nature Reserve, Tarana, NSW.
Classic color combo with some strange bugs, the
Red Shouldered Bugs - Jadera haematoloma.
"Jadera bugs feed on leaking tree sap, dead insects or fallen seeds from nearby trees. They feed on the sap from foliage, flowers and buds, and as a matter of fact, are actually quite beneficial to your backyard garden."