Post your BUG shots!

Archibald wrote in post #18722960
Excellent portrait of that treacherous crab spider, with your cheap achromats.

The tiny eyes of those crabs contrast strongly with the huge headlight-style eyes of jumping spiders. I guess the crabs have small eyes to help them hide... plus they probably don't have to see very well.

You may be right, Archie - the jumpers do indeed need that vision so they land on the right target, and the crab spider's prey does mostly land smack in front of it!

I just realised, too, that those three achromats aren't that cheap really, but they ARE cheaper than a MP-E 65!!!

Speaking of jumpers, here's a little female Saitis barbipes I disturbed in her workshop the day before yesterday - I think she was in the midst of a welding project.

Archibald wrote in post #18719233
Iridescent longhorn beetle on wild rose. Might be Plinthocoelium spp.

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That's a cracker, Archie. Always fun to find colours like that in the field!

Macroramphosis wrote in post #18723311
You may be right, Archie - the jumpers do indeed need that vision so they land on the right target, and the crab spider's prey does mostly land smack in front of it!

I just realised, too, that those three achromats aren't that cheap really, but they ARE cheaper than a MP-E 65!!!

Speaking of jumpers, here's a little female Saitis barbipes I disturbed in her workshop the day before yesterday - I think she was in the midst of a welding project.

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Very nice, tack sharp as usual, with your expensive achromats. What is that dark mass on its head?

Another fly.

Honey bee. Might be the same one as posted a few days ago, but the pic was taken two days later.

Archibald wrote in post #18723412
Very nice, tack sharp as usual, with your expensive achromats. What is that dark mass on its head?

That's the typical colour of the top of the head of a female of this species. In this case it looks like a little wig, perhaps, but it IS meant to be like that

Archibald wrote in post #18723433
Another fly.

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Very nice, sharp image.

Down in the ivy which is now in flower, I was tracking an Asian hornet that seemed intent on finding some insects for lunch. After a fruitless 15 minutes or so it gave up and settled for some salad instead. First decent shot I have of an Asian after four years here - great start to the Saturday! And to boot, it CAN be a gentle giant - it even landed on my finger at one stage. This was taken with the Panasonic 30mm which will give Lumix users an idea of how close I was! LOL

'Tis a dull and dreary day today so apologies for the poor light

I can't get the image to load so this is a screenshot which seems to do so instead. Most bizarre!

Macroramphosis wrote in post #18723573
Down in the ivy which is now in flower, I was tracking an Asian hornet that seemed intent on finding some insects for lunch. After a fruitless 15 minutes or so it gave up and settled for some salad instead. First decent shot I have of an Asian after four years here - great start to the Saturday! And to boot, it CAN be a gentle giant - it even landed on my finger at one stage. This was taken with the Panasonic 30mm which will give Lumix users an idea of how close I was! LOL

'Tis a dull and dreary day today so apologies for the poor light

I can't get the image to load so this is a screenshot which seems to do so instead. Most bizarre!

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Nice colorful hornet pic. Are adult Asian hornets carnivores? Sounds a bit unusual to me, but what do I know. At least it didn't take a chunk out of you.

Hiding in plain sight on a dead rose bud.

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thattunut wrote in post #18723674
Hiding in plain sight on a dead rose bud.

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That is very cool, David. The spider is certainly well camouflaged. Even knowing the critter is there, I found it hard to figure out what I was looking at. I guess it is some kind of crab spider.

Thanks for the contribution.

Missed it by that much ...

I spent over an hour trying to get a decent shot of a flying Hoverfly. I thought that, because they hover, it would be relatively easy. Nope. This was the best of a bad bunch.

Assassin Bug nymph.

A female Brown Stink Bug (Oncocoris sp.) protecting after her eggs in my backyard today.

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S.R.M. wrote in post #18723855
A female Brown Stink Bug (Oncocoris sp.) protecting after her eggs in my backyard today.

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Wow, ten star. Besides being sharp and well-composed, it depicts a special moment. I love the eggs and the tiny bit of green behind the eye of the bug.

The eggs seem to be huge compared to the size of the bug.