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Assasin bug (Reduviidae), photographed at Chadron State Park, about 9 miles south of Chadron Nebraska on August 28, 2016.
One of the many impressive coreidae bugs that I have seen in this part of the world.
At present I have no exact ID>
Ok the goal was to photograph a lightning bug with his /her light on. So at dusk I caught 5 or six lightning bugs gently placed them in a empty milk jug. Then I set up my camera, took the lid off the milk jug, and placed some long stems of grass into the open container for them to crawl out on and into my cameras field of view. The plan worked great except not a single one of them lit their light in the time they crawled up the stems and then flew. Apparently the trauma of their incarceration in the milk jug extinguished their light. Here are a few of the best shots even though the light isn't on so to speak. Stay tuned I have another plan, Ha Ha
I don't know what this is but it looks pretty darn creepy to me. Is it a shell or a corpse? Some kind of Grasshopper?
;Crunchy Bug ; is what we call them,because they're so hard to kill.Even when you step on them it takes a few stomps to make sure its dead and you can't just swat it with a fly swatter.
Matt is driving ......... Matt is the DJ too...... so we are listening to an eclecttic mix of The Cult and The Specials..... Cake....... Mumford and Sons....... Damien Rice....... and BB King.......... amongst others...... Matt says this track ['Many Miles Travelled' by BB King](http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/search?q='Many%20Miles%20Travelled'%20) is my theme song......... :-/ :-)
We r rolling from Fort Lauderdale to Tampa across the everglades and up the Gulf Coast......... the day in Fort Lauderdale was perfect........ the night drive not so much...... pretty grim in fact ..... as its all foggy across the swamps and now along the coastal road...... its gone midnight....... this fog is slowing us down big time......... even the Beast car cannot speed us through all this...........
America sometimes amazes me with all this drastic weather and differing landscape and experience......... snow storms up in Rochester yesterday ....... today sun, sea and sand in Fort Lauderdale........ tonight humidity swamps and thick fog ........ I've been hanging out in the States for nearly a decade but it still amazes me sometimes.
Matt told me today he had been here in the US for 10 years and one day....... I'm not that precise in fact as you know Im pretty vague........ hehehe.......but I have been zapping about over here for more than nine years amazingly....... and incredibly it all still seems new and interesting....... this fog......hundreds of miles of fog...... is a new one on me........ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-)))))
Cheers Jez XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
PS.......... We are in Tampa now....... This Beastie above at the gas station was unafraid of the red Beast....... it was even having a go at me............. talking of new and interesting I think this Roach thingy at approx 4 inches long was the biggest bug I have ever seen...... enough to totally creep me out when it rushed towards me......... agggghhhhhhhhh ........... anyway its crazily late again now gotta kip :-/
Novelty bug cupcakes custom made to order for a 3rd birthday party. Featuring snails, caterpillars, dragonflies, ladybirds and bumble bees.
Seeing how many people we could fit into and onto this old Beetle. The bonnet eventually dented but the record was beaten with 88 people!
These small bugs wander around on the sand, settling in small depressions. I watched one sift the sand for food, using its front legs. It also created a depression in the sand to hide in. When they sit still they are almost impossible to see, especially when they have sand grains on their backs.
Other species of these live in and around wetlands.
Three different Toad bugs out for a walk last week.
there's a weird tree in the back yard thats always had hordes of weird bugs on it. on a sunny day they cluster about. they may also cluster in the rain sleet snow & hail, i dunno. but they shine nice in the sunshine.
Spittle:
# This is the best and most fascinating part of the Spittle Bug. The spittle that the bug creates has several jobs. The first being that of protection from predators. It hides inside the mass of spittle and can't be seen.
# The second job is thermal control. The bubbles insulate it from heat and cold.
# The last job is that of protection from moisture loss. Without the mass of spittle surrounding it, these insects will quickly dry out and die.
# The spittle bubbles are produced when the bug moves it s body up and down in a billow like motion.
# As it is doing this motion, its body secretes a goo and air out of its anus.
# The bubbles are formed the spittle bug uses its hind legs to manipulate the bubble around its body, thus creating its home and protection.
Tractor made from a Ford model A.
Photo from North America.
This is a collection of images of Homemade tractors, American Doodlebugs, and Swedeish A and Epa-traktorer.
Many of the images here I have found all over the internet!
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I love this photo because of the colours! The pink on the bug as well as the flower, and the green on the bug and background!