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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.
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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:
Photo © Lydia Marcus / www.lydiamarcus.com
Photographed February 8, 2009 near Route 66 in Barstow, CA
I was trying to take a photo of my daylily when this wee bug dropped in. He said he made the shot better.
When you see them up close like this, I'm glad the bug screens keep them on the outside. Shot with two lenses coupled (100mm macro +77mm prime)
Beneficial insect eggs from an assassin bug (predator). Order: Hemiptera. Family: Reduviidae. Primary prey: insect eggs, aphids, small larvae, and insects. Predatory stages: nymphs and adults. Vegetable crops: many. Photo courtesy of Jack Kelly Clark; Statewide IPM Project, University of California. Picture can be found on page 23 within the book "Natural Enemies of Vegetable Insect Pests". To order this book, please visit nysaes-bookstore.myshopify.com/products/natural-enemies-o.... More information can be found at NYSIPM Vegetables (nysipm.cornell.edu/agriculture/vegetables) and Cornell Vegetable Resources (blogs.cornell.edu/cornellvegetables/).
Long-necked Seed Bug - Myodocha serripes (8-10 mm)
Found at a lighted window and captured for some studio photos. These things have such an odd form. They look predatory, but are said to just suck on plant juices.
Am loving being able to use a twin-head macro flash again.
Location: Durham, NC (USA)
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
Looking at the bulging eyes, I believe this is a male reed bee. Such funny looking characters! Seen on my Spyridium scortechinii. [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]
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.
A little sap-sucking bug, 2 - 3 mm across the shoulders. Six aqua legs, two dark antennae, and (front and centre) the proboscis inserted into a vein of the leaf.
100 mm macro lens, hand-held.