Bugs and camping go hand in hand

Bug Ranch in Conway, Texas

Found a lady bug in backyard - Chintan Thakker

Pretty colors.

yes, it's an insect.

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Stink Bug

A colorful and common grasshopper that occurs across much of the United States.

This tiny little bug just appeared on my laptop in my office, just now. I have no idea what he is (maybe a baby katydid?), but he doesn't look like a real bug. He's like a cartoon bug, all legs and antennas. In my head, he sits on my shoulder and speaks to me in a wacky French accent while we have many adventures.

He is a Cool Bug.

www.stvincent.edu/wpnr | The Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve at Saint Vincent College hosted its annual Bug Camp for 5-6 year olds (with an adult). Campers search for butterflies, spiders, dragonflies, bees, beetles, and more!

So...funny story (not). I took a medical day off today for a mid-day doctor's appointment, and decided to finally get my '79 Bug inspected early this morning. (Everything was in order- it just needed an inspection.) On the way to the garage I got stopped due to... yes- no inspection. A bus load of local students drove by while I was pulled over. I'm sure many of them knew me! It passed inspection, however on the way home (being an older Bug), it blew a fuel line. I sat on the side of the road for an hour waiting to be towed. Given that it's an older Bug, it loses about one fuel line per year. My husband joked tonight that perhaps it should say "fuel EJECTION" on the back instead! Very possibly!

Meringue eyes with M&Ms, cherry Twizzler strings and candy apple candy corn. Check out my blog at www.prissycook.com.

On the latest Airbus family, the stby instruments are almost fully digital. I never saw the bugs page actually, displaying the different speeds and the altitude selector

Press "L" to view on black - looks much better!

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I took this shot in Thailand earlier in the year.. I have been playing around with HDR .... this is over kill... but fun.

Boxermeet #16 2012

In this crop from Bugs life 3 you can see its mouth used presumably for chomping at leaves on the insects she catches.

Canon 5D Mk II with a Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens.

The name comes from the spiny wheel-shaped crest on their backs. It's a variety of assassin bug. Assassin bugs eat by stabbing their prey with a sharp mouthpiece on the front and injecting digestive fluids that dissolve the unlucky meal. I understand they have a nasty bite, so I wouldn't pester them too much. This one was too chilled and slow to care much about me. More info.

www.stvincent.edu/wpnr | The Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve at Saint Vincent College hosted its annual Bug Camp for 5-6 year olds (with an adult). Campers search for butterflies, spiders, dragonflies, bees, beetles, and more!

this poor bug is trapped in the pitcher plant's nectar and is being digested.

www.stvincent.edu/wpnr | The Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve at Saint Vincent College hosted its annual Bug Camp for 5-6 year olds (with an adult). Campers search for butterflies, spiders, dragonflies, bees, beetles, and more!

A mealy bug on a plant in a greenhouse on the UGA campus in Griffin. Photo by Sharon Dowdy

Today marks two years that Aric and I have been married. He got me a small piece of art that could best be described as the Coolest Damn Thing Ever, I swear. Via Mike Libby at the Insect Lab. HOW COOL IS THIS???

Even Spain the Cat is impressed.

Shield bug, a species of Pentatomidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Heathcote National Park, NSW Australia, October 2012.

A few sad bugs in my friend's yard

wood louse

I have no idea what this bug is, but I thought the picture looked cool...

This effect was accomplished by using the following settings in Funtastic Photos.

Digital Flash, Strength is 17%.

Auto Contrast.

Blur, Radius is about a third, Use a Focal Point is On, Diameter is about a quarter.

Matte, Shape is Square, Size is leftmost, Color is FFFFFF, Effect is Glass.

It was uploaded from within Funtastic Photos www.ohanaware.com/funtasticphotos/.

I think this bug is the one from the car lot across the street off on a test drive. It "came out of nowhere" and the one at the lot is gone. So I think "Nowhere" might be the car lot.

Dock Bug

Hi there, don't even try to touch me, or you will get hurt.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

www.stvincent.edu/wpnr | The Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve at Saint Vincent College hosted its annual Bug Camp for 5-6 year olds (with an adult). Campers search for butterflies, spiders, dragonflies, bees, beetles, and more!

Colfax Avenue Denver Lakewood

I am not a bug 'snapper' but when I saw this one on my parsley plant I just could not resist getting the camera out. Never seen one before. Does anyone know what is it?

Ooooops time to prepare the evening meal.......catch up later.

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THANKS FOR LOOKING..........HAVE A NICE DAY

This funny bug was on a plant in our yard - I held a piece of black constustruction paper behind the plant. He was funny - he would wave his front legs at the camera.

The bugs here in Florida get pretty big! This lovely Palmetto Bug (Cockroach) was about 2.5 inches long.