Post your insects

[Skyline]

Put my finger a few cm in front of the lens, half pressed, held it and put the camera under this lot


Midge Mayhem

[Letrow]

Another night macro, last night. Neat eyes on this guy. Very cool if you look at eyes on the larger version.

That guy looks pretty weird, nice catch. What's with the black bands?

[Letrow]

Put my finger a few cm in front of the lens, half pressed, held it and put the camera under this lot


Midge Mayhem

Awesome photo. With that sky above it they look pretty badass

[Skyline]

Awesome photo. With that sky above it they look pretty badass

Thank you Peter. That was the effect I was trying to get.

Ever time I look at it I get an old war theme tune in my head.

[Frankie]

I have heard about the Midge, so that makes this photo even more daunting. Really amazing shot! And I can understand why war music comes to mind. This could be a scene from a sci fi film.
Great job!
frankie

[Skyline]

I have heard about the Midge, so that makes this photo even more daunting. Really amazing shot! And I can understand why war music comes to mind. This could be a scene from a sci fi film.
Great job!
frankie

Thank you Frankie. I just see them as old war planes over that sky

[Frankie]

Found some six legged, winged friends today out in the woods behind the house.









Found two more good images from the same card.

Great shots!!!
In case you were interested.... you have photos of
1 - Giant Swallowtail
2 - Gulf Fritillary
4 - Buckeye
6 - Gulf Fritillary

Really nice shots Chris!
frankie

[MiniChris]

Great shots!!!
In case you were interested.... you have photos of
1 - Giant Swallowtail
2 - Gulf Fritillary
4 - Buckeye
6 - Gulf Fritillary

Really nice shots Chris!
frankie

Thank you, Frankie...you are indeed the butterfly queen.

[Splatsworth]

Took this a while back, not a very good capture but its one of my favs because of what it chose to land on

[Geoff F]

An interesting shot there, Trev. A Gold-ringed Dragonfly I think. I just happened to have my dragonfly identification book beside me.

They are a species which is a little more tolerant of people than some of the nervous types, but I've never had them come that close. Apparently, some insects can sense the warmth of human skin so that causes them to perch there.

My only thought is, how did you manage to use your camera as well.

[Splatsworth]

My only thought is, how did you manage to use your camera as well.

Oh that's easy, it wasn't my finger

It was quite a cold summer day and I can't remember if the guy said it was trying to mate with or lay eggs on his finger but he did say it was attracted to his body heat, very shortly after I took this it flew off

[Letrow]

Took this a while back, not a very good capture but its one of my favs because of what it chose to land on

It's gorgeous and so fragile

[Letrow]

Thank you, Frankie...you are indeed the butterfly queen.

You have some beautiful colours there. I like the numbers 2 and 4 especially

[Letrow]

speckled bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima)

[Geoff F]

Grasshopper

No, Peter, it has very long antennae which means it must be a Cricket.

And, subject to the Dutch version being the same as the UK species, a Speckled Bush Cricket (Leptophyes punctassima) a female I suspect by what I can see of the rear end.

Plenty of good clear detail in those photos.

[Skyline]

grasshopper

Amazing detail Peter. Great shot.

[Bobobird]

A couple of shots.

[ScoutR]

Crane Fly: Up until taking this shot and knowing I wanted to post it here, I thought these were Giant Mosquitos. I googled Giant Mosquito and found out that they are Crane Flies. Good news is they don't bite




Wish I had more time to comment on the images here, suffice it to say they are amazing and I really must break down and get myself a Macro lens. What an interesting world, and the great thing is there is so much going on in almost any small area one might choose.

Great shots everyone, and very educational also.

Wendy

Wendy

[Bobobird]

Cool shot of the crane fly Wendy. The way the sun is caught in the wings is beautiful.

[Letrow]

Grasshopper

No, Peter, it has very long antennae which means it must be a Cricket.

And, subject to the Dutch version being the same as the UK species, a Speckled Bush Cricket (Leptophyes punctassima) a female I suspect by what I can see of the rear end.

Plenty of good clear detail in those photos.

I stand corrected Geoff. To be honest, I thought it was a cricket at first, but got into serious doubt when I read one of the internet pages I researched. I should have followed my instinct.

It would indeed be the speckled bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima) with an imposing looking upwards-curving ovipositor .
Thanks