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I just discovered that weevils and some bugs pretend to be dead when they sense danger.
Watch out for some weevils in action in my future posts.
I boosted the color saturation to improve the color contrast. CombineZ5 with 2 photos. Thanks to Brian V.
N D200, FL 180mm (T), 1.4 TC, 1/60sec-F/11, Aperture Priority, ISO 400, Flash: TTL, Handheld, Kent Ridge Park, Singapore, 28 Feb 2008.
Macro shoot @Mountain View
Canon 550D
Canon 50mm f/1.8
Macro extension lense
I think this is the model they used to design the alien ships on the movie, "The war of the worlds"
The Butterfly
Been going back and reprocessing a number of my images this past week using MacPhun Intensify Pro and Focus 2 Pro
Yesterday this thing came in and fluttered around the light. Anybody know what kind of insect this is? It's quite large - I would guess about 8 - 10 cm including antennae. I think I've found the name: Ophion ventricosus (correct me if I'm wrong)
The broken shoulder stripes, forming exclamation points, are the key to identify this small damselfly. Ischnura posita, Coenagrionidae. Central IL, Summer 2013.
BlackWater River Escambia County Florida. These insects were everywhere at the River Bridge boat ramp near Pace.
They are from 1 1/2 to 2 inches long.
They are so interesting. This guy was hanging around a water fountain. [Mesa Community College, Mesa, Arizona]