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Samgoit
15th of March 2007 (Thu), 14:03
Last day with nifty fifty; sigma 105 is due to arrive tomorrow. This is the last romp in the backyard with nifty and tubes. C&C is very welcome.



http://members.cox.net/eburt1/ant.jpg

http://members.cox.net/eburt1/hover.jpg

http://members.cox.net/eburt1/penta.jpg

http://members.cox.net/eburt1/IMG_1898.jpg
Samdiver74
15th of March 2007 (Thu), 14:25
great shots.
I'm sure you'll get better ones with the Sigma 105 though congrats on the new lens purchase.
lcpete
15th of March 2007 (Thu), 14:57
Excellent shots the sigma 105 is my fav lens :D
pete
LordV
15th of March 2007 (Thu), 14:59
Lovely series- that sure is a weird looking ant :)
Brian V.
racketman
15th of March 2007 (Thu), 19:42
Do you have a species ID for #1?
Samgoit
15th of March 2007 (Thu), 20:10
Do you have a species ID for #1?

Species ID for that would be rough, but I'm guessing it's some instar of a common ant, could be queen as well? I took a double take like I assume you and Lord V did; it looks almost like a wasp (sphecid) mimic of an ant (at least I thought so). I'll email it to my old entomology prof to see what he thinks.

While I'm posting -- Good bye 50mm ;) :

http://members.cox.net/eburt1/IMG_2030.jpg
Samgoit
15th of March 2007 (Thu), 21:48
ID for #1: genus: Pseudomyrmex (species?) subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae

That's from my old entomology professor.


Thanks for everyone's comments.
zman
15th of March 2007 (Thu), 22:46
Nice shots, congrats on your new real macro lens; I'm sure you'll love it.
dpastern
16th of March 2007 (Fri), 05:03
Excellent series, especially like the stink bug shots, what an unusual looking stink bug.

Dave