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LordV
9th of April 2006 (Sun), 13:14
Few other bugs from today- good day today :)
Brian V.

Tiny irridescent beetle about 3mm long on my car.

http://static.flickr.com/40/125752541_b14625b5ca_o.jpg

Hoverfly focus stacked from 3 pics

http://static.flickr.com/56/125752546_b3b78d2e85_o.jpg

3-D cross-eye stereogram of hoverfly

http://static.flickr.com/50/125759695_058dd4e35e_o.jpg

Ladybird on the way up

http://static.flickr.com/43/125759696_77ac678b24_o.jpg

3-D Cross-eye stereogram of ladybird.

http://static.flickr.com/46/125759697_71d20efc42_o.jpg

Wasp of some kind- appreciate an ID on this one- about 15mm long[EDIT]- Id'd as a Nomada (cuckoo) bee

http://static.flickr.com/40/125759699_fafd02197d_o.jpg
Omri Alon
9th of April 2006 (Sun), 13:57
I love the second pic :D
sw2001
9th of April 2006 (Sun), 15:05
I like the second and the last one. It looks like the wasp is cutting the leaf ?!?
LordV
9th of April 2006 (Sun), 15:10
I like the second and the last one. It looks like the wasp is cutting the leaf ?!?
Thanks sw2001 :)
Not sure about the wasp- you may be right but I thought it was more like an exhausted wasp crash landing- it certainlt wasn't doing anything whilst I took a few shots- more like holding on with it's mouth for grim death :)
Brian V.
Leorooster
9th of April 2006 (Sun), 16:58
Very nice series. Love the details and colors.
dpastern
9th of April 2006 (Sun), 19:05
Nice shots Brian, it looks like #2 has a damaged eye, that's the 2nd one on the forums today with a damaged eye! Well captured.

Dave
Bald Eagle
9th of April 2006 (Sun), 19:15
The second and the last are Awesome, fantastic work on these.:D :D :D
LordV
10th of April 2006 (Mon), 00:18
I love the second pic :D
Thanks Omri :)
LordV
10th of April 2006 (Mon), 00:19
Very nice series. Love the details and colors.
Thanks Leorooster :) Think with the light that was available I was using minimal flash
Brian V.
LordV
10th of April 2006 (Mon), 00:21
Nice shots Brian, it looks like #2 has a damaged eye, that's the 2nd one on the forums today with a damaged eye! Well captured.

Dave
Thanks Dave :)
I have a feeling from the way that hover was behaving and it's colouring that it was newly emerged- seemed much lighter in colour than normal, so it might just be a bit of pupal skin that didn't detach properly.
Brian V.
LordV
10th of April 2006 (Mon), 00:22
The second and the last are Awesome, fantastic work on these.:D :D :D
Thanks BE :)

Was lucky with the hover, as I said above I think it was newly emerged so it wasn't going anywhere for a while. The last shot was a bit of a suprise- I was certain it was a wasp only to be told it was actually a bee :)
Brian V.
Athena
10th of April 2006 (Mon), 01:10
Very nice shots Brian. That beetle seems to be giving you "the eye". :)
LordV
10th of April 2006 (Mon), 07:20
Very nice shots Brian. That beetle seems to be giving you "the eye". :)
Thanks Athena :)
Agree- that beetle looks definately mean- glad it was only 3mm long :)
Brian V.
Action_Man
10th of April 2006 (Mon), 10:30
Exceptional shots, i like the last one especially ...
LordV
10th of April 2006 (Mon), 10:44
Exceptional shots, i like the last one especially ...
Thanks Gordon :0
I liked the last one as well, I suspect because I've never seen one of them before- I was convinced it was a wasp but turns out it's a bee.
Brian V.
yb98
10th of April 2006 (Mon), 12:58
The second and last one are excellent !
The ladybird in 3D is also very nice.
racketman
10th of April 2006 (Mon), 15:41
that second picture really leaps out at you.