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Osmia georgica....Note the expanded and swollen ends to the mandibles, while it is not quite clear what the purpose the serve it is likely to help carry leaf pulp to make dividers for the nest cells they create in the former tunnels of beetles. Found in Maryland and photographed by Sue Boo
I was trying to take a photo of my daylily when this wee bug dropped in. He said he made the shot better.
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.
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Sharon (@sharritta) at 365Project.org challenge me this week to do a forced perspective shot.
I decided to combine that with a field trip to Victoria's Bug Zoo that I went on with an old friend.
I'm spending this week developing my professional web site (finally!), so I'm going to infill with some of the really groovy bug shots that I got on the weekend with my old friend LP.
This lady tarantula was quite tame. I even held her, which surprised me, as I'm quite terrified of spiders. Our guide put me at ease.
The Bug Zoo doesn't allow tripods, so lighting was definitely a challenge. I lost about 1/3 of my shots to camera shake and insufficient exposure. My macro lens opens up to f/2.8, but there's a lot going inside that lens that reduces its light output, so it's not a particulary fast f/2.8.
My VR macro lens has a 12" minimum focusing distance (close enough for me, thank you), which renders a wonderful 1:1 close up. However, as with any lens when you get this close, your DOF declines exponentially. Even at f/29, there's very little depth of field, and I couldn't get anywhere close to that, as it either forced an exposure too long to hand hold, or reduced my light to nothing when using the on-camera flash. I couldn't push it much past f/8.
Pushing the ISO to between 1600 and 2000 helped to shorten the shutter speed, but introduced a LOT of noise into the shot. Lightroom helped to mitigate that, but the adjustment brush liked to pick up the noise when Auto Masking while selecting each bug, making selection much more tedious.
I think next time I go, I'm going to rent a 70-200mm f/2.8 lens. That should give me additional working distance, and provide me a greater depth of field at the same framing. I've shot with it before, and it's a *very* fast lens.
Very freaky viewed large.
Taken handheld with my Nikon D600 for 1/60th of a second at f/9, ISO 1600 with my Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 VR macro lens, using on-camera flash.
The whole set of high-resolution images from the Bug Zoo is avavilable on my Flickr site:
This is a wasp beetle and well versed in the art of deception. It's markings shout 'I'm a bad ass bug and I can hurt you' when actually it's just a harmless sheep in wolfs clothing.
I'm having a bit of a run on subjects that present themselves at the right time. This bug appeared as if by magic in our back garden for me to shoot. Looked it up on Google and thought this'll be perfect for MM!
HMM! Theme: Deception
Reduviidae - Assasin Bug
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A pair of mating Dock Bugs, Coreus marginatus. 21 July 2024. Ealing, London, England, UK.
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This time of the year bugs are everywhere and they have a big fan...me 😄 The insect world is amazing! It's so worth to take a closer look.
Ambush bugs are tiny predatory insects that lie in ambush and snag their prey with their claws and hooks. They then poison and ingest their prey through a beak folded behind the face plate. These are images of fully mature ambush bugs. The early nymph stages have similar shape but often come in differing colors.
Positively un-macho phrase to emit while wielding a machine gun: "I'll merry YOUR melodies."
Tech. notes:
Exposure modified in Aperture.
I finished work early this afternoon and had time to go for a wander in the woods before it got dark. Saying that, it's never really got properly light today - it's just been miserable. Not snowing any more - in fact it rained shed loads this morning. And it was really misty and glum down in the woods near the lake. Didn't take the tripod (still too new to get dirty lol), so just handheld macros today!
I love the bug living in the middle of the fungi!
Looking at this picture again, the white background makes it seem as though I was looking up the tree towards the sky, when in fact I'm bent down looking straight along the branch, and the white is the snow on the ground. Strange perspective!
"The wheel bug (Arilus cristatus) is an assassin bug and one of the largest terrestrial North American true bugs, reaching up to 38 mm in length. While they are fairly common, they are shy and have cryptic coloration so they are not often seen. The wheel bug’s name comes from the cog wheel-shaped toothed crest it sports on its first thoracic segment. These dark brown bugs are voracious predators upon many kinds of insects, including their own kind, and are helpful predators of many lepidopteran, aphid, beetle, fly and wasp pests; however they also prey on beneficial species such as ladybeetles and bees. They quickly and effectively kill their prey by secreting paralyzing saliva through their sharp mouthparts. If bothered, wheel bugs and their bright red nymphs can inflict a painful bite on humans, reportedly worse than bee, wasp or hornet stings. Adult wheel bugs make squeaking sounds, the purpose of which is unknown. When provoked, they give off a strong odor from scent glands." (Encyclopedia on Life)