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Found at Iltis Prairie in central Wisconsin. Marquette County, Wisconsin, USA.
Found on foliage near bog. Allowed me to get close with the MP-E.
Single exposure, uncropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-24EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie diffuser.
ISO 100, 90mm, f/11, @ 1/100 sec.
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Damsel enjoying the warm sun today beside our little pond.
I just love those big compound eyes. They make me wonder how insects see the world.
Tiny sider on our gate. Maybe the last of it's breed this autumn. Good guy, helped me with some of the dew shots also in this album.
Not much to photograph lately so I went into the garden and rounded up this moth, who posed rather reluctantly against a window. Hardly any natural light, so I used the onboard flash.
Yesterday morning, as soon as I opened my back door, I saw this wheel bug on my banister. I couldn't believe it. I mean, I really couldn't believe it. I'd been searching for one of these things for months. No lie.
In April I'd posted a photo of the microscopic wheel bug eggs my son had found on a tree branch. We had no idea what they were, so we had to do the research. Then, in June and in August I'd posted photos of wheel bugs just as they'd "hatched." But I never saw one fully grown, until yesterday.
By the way, these guys are good garden insects: they kill other insects that nibble at garden plants. I'd just never heard of them before, and I really wanted to see one for myself. I wasn't the only one: we were all on the lookout for this bizarre looking bug.
18-55mm lens with manual extension tube (3 modules attached)
It's kinda disappointing me, since the usage of extension tube results not as good as reverse ring. again this is still a working progress of exploring those affordable stuff.
and... i have to compensate to push the ISO to highest possible though the available light should be enough in the normal set of gear.
and this photos made before I decided to use flash which i found better result as you can see on the fire ants photos.
This was the most patient grasshopper ever. He let me move him and stick my camera in his face, and he didn't even try to hop away.
I should have been going shopping. Instead I was running around my front garden trying to get a picture of this dragonfly. My wife puts up with so much...
What was really comical was this plant was the one I saw the dragonfly land on originally, and after all that running around I could have just stood still and let it come back to me!
Bark Lice Nymphs (Psocidae)
Psocids are small, scavenging insects which feed primarily on fungi, algae, lichen, and organic detritus. The adults are winged. The nymphs are colloquially referred to as 'tree cattle' which when you observe them is a very apt description. They stick together as a moving mass. If you disturb a point in the mass, the nymphs part ways and then "flow" back together again. Alternatively they will collectively move as a defensive group or herd.
'Herds' can number in their hundreds. See comments for additional image…..
Pu'er, Yunnan, China