Bugus Tripodis

[Choderboy]

I should have said Red Bugus Tripodis.
That's the leg of my Manfrotto tripod the bug is stuck to.
I helped him off the tripod with a leaf , but then he got stuck to the leaf!
Eventually he won the tug of war. (against some goo of his own making?)

[Choderboy]

I hate it when I forget to attach the pics..:oops:

[macro junkie]

nice pic..what rig did u use?what settings?

[Choderboy]

1DMK2n Sigma 150 macro. Tripod was resting on a railing so I used a bean bag on top of the railing to support the camera. Used my Delta flip flash bracket with 430EX flash.
EXIF removed, without booting up the other PC , I'll say ISO 100 , 1,320 , F8
in M with flash on -2/3.
Only had the macro lens and bracket for a few days.

[Bill Pham]

i do that all the time. forget to upload pics. nice shot of what ever that is :D:D

Bill

[dpastern]

Looks like some sort of seed bug I think.

Dave

[Mike4BekA]

Nice shots there......wonder what kind of goo he was letting off

[Choderboy]

I recently purchased an insect book. This is one bug that appears identical in the book. Should be easy to remember , it's a Red Bug! Also known as Fire Bugs. Feeds on trees. Some species referred to as Cotton Stainers.

Order: Hemiptera Family: Pyrrhocoridae

[LordV]

Nice shots- looks like a seed eating capsid bug- perhaps it got caught in some spiders webbing or perhaps it's only just shed it's skin ?
Brian V.