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Insects move, the wind blows. Please accept this partial bug which I think is cool. I like the golden hairs around the bands.
Probably a differential grasshpper, Melanoplus differentialis. This one is yellow, unlike the one I photographed in my yard a couple of days ago. Photo was taken at McKinney Falls State Park near Austin.
Update: Not Melanoplus, but Schistocerca obscura. Thanks, Dave.
A backyard visitor. Bird activity must be down when you find yourself photographing insects. Still, lots of fun.
Resti di un esoscheletro vuoto dopo la muta di un insetto
Remains of an exoskeleton after moulting of an insect
This dragonfly was resting on an old flowering spike on an orchid. It was small and I was several metres away so these images were taken on quite high digital zoom. The Canon SX1-IS is much better on digital zoom than the S3-IS is. This was later afternoon but at times some sunlight fell on the dragonfly. I have 3 photos here looking the same, but each one is different. Hope you like them.
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