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These hoverflies hover in one place for a second or so and then rush to the next spot with amazing speed. I had of course also noticed the many swallows in the garden. So here I was happily snapping at this hoverfly.. focus, re-focus, re-focus again. And then, looking through my viewfinder, I heard a slight whir and my image suddenly went green. It took me a second to realize that a swallow had just snatched the hoverfly some 30 centimeters in front of me.. by the time I looked up, it was 30 meters away already. Their speed (and accuracy) is amazing! And no, I did not manage to capture the moment on photo. Who knows one day.. sigh.
São Roque de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
This beetle was on fine granite. It was taken in February 2007 so it is one of my old ones. I am not sure if it was ever posted to Flickr because most of my photos from those days are not listed as Flickr ones. I need to check the SET on Flickr to be sure but I am running late. Gone for the day.
Very camera shy and may be it was the speedlight therefore I made only 5 shots. I like this one best from this series.
Spiny stick insect (Haaniella echinata) - Malua Forest Reserve, Malaysia
The phasmid diversity in Borneo was pretty incredible, its difficult to say how many species I encountered but I'd say more than in any other place I have spent time in. This was a cool species, very heavy bodied and spiky as you can see here. This one was photographed as found as it munched on a leaf. I came across this species multiple times during my night hikes, I don't recall if I ever saw any during the day.
They are back in full force now as I see them every day... Larger ones I see but not daily & I don't always get the chance to photograph them
Found this guy on the floor of my office when I got into work this morning. I quickly tried to get a sheet of white paper under him to take a couple of shots with my new Tamron 17 - 50 lens. Turns out he was a bit camera shy and he resented being photographed and jumped at me while I was focusing which in turn made me jump even higher. So I thought I should let him get back to the business of keeping the office cockroach population under control. Sydney Australia.