Any bug photos during July 2015

[gregj1763]

Found this little guy in the backyard today, don't know what breed it is but found a good website on Tasmanian insects
https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoftasmania/home
Can't find anything similar so far, perhaps someone could point me in the right direction


Sony A99, Tamron 90mm macro with Metz ring flash 1/160th ISO 100 f/22





As above 16 images @ f/14 stacked in Photoshop

[deetheturk]

Looks like a Weevil to me Greg, but I'm no expert!

[gregj1763]

Looks like a Weevil to me Greg, but I'm no expert!

Thats what I thought too David but I'm still looking for a hairy one like this, Perhaps it's got it's Winter coat on

[deetheturk]

Nice series Piggsy, and welcome to the Forum from me!

[deetheturk]

There is quite a variety Greg, although I have only ever come across one in my lifetime

[gregj1763]

That is such a good photo David the pose on the beastie is almost majestic and you have the lighting perfect

[Ziggy]

That is such a good photo David the pose on the beastie is almost majestic and you have the lighting perfect

I agree.

[Nat]

This is not as good as Ziggy or any of you here in the bug-o-graphy forum, but I tried my best, Grahame...Geoff and David and Mark...

It is not a bug according to Wikipedia but a butterfly is an insect but I have seen some submitted some butterfly and David, my bugman friend, this is real serious image I found in my garage door going to the backyard... and it is not a BUTT--er-fly...I do not know what it is...if it even have an ID...



or a moth...this is a good start for me on macro bug-o-graphy...I know...my door needs cleaning up...

I agree, Izzie, you got the eye pretty sharp, nicely done! I see these in my yard, but they flit too fast for me!

[deetheturk]

A couple of female Crane Fly images, #1 gives an overall view, and #2 is 1-1 view, both images are the same Fly


#1


#2

[marlunn]

Nice shot Izzie, you are coming on leaps and bounds with this macro bug thing

[marlunn]

nice spider Greg, look forward to soem more now you know where it lives !

[marlunn]

nice set Piggsy - any chance of your real name ?

[marlunn]

Cool spider Brian. Nice shot

[marlunn]

Greg, David, nice weevils guys - no idea as to what type but nice to see and David, nice cranefly - love the eye

[Geoff F]

Offhand, I can't make any sense of that cranefly, David. It appears to be long palped but without a closed discal cell; and the only one I know like that has whitish tarsi.

Greg. Several people, including me, have had problems with substituted images from time to time but the problem seems to clear eventually.

No insect lens with me today and I found an interesting dragonfly; but it was amongst grass and wouldn't sit still long enough to allow me to approach close enough. So this is the best I could snap with a 24-105 lens handheld.

Black-tailed Skimmer.

[deetheturk]

Geoff, Offhand, I can't make any sense of that cranefly, David. It appears to be long palped but without a closed discal cell; and the only one I know like that has whitish tarsi. ? you have lost me here mate?

[Geoff F]

Well let's try to put it another way. I can't follow the fine detail in the wing veins but the palps, hanging down from its 'nose' are long so that tends to place it in the Tipula grouping, or among a small number of other 'long palped' species.

But all of those have a cell enclosed with wing veins towards the end of the wings. There are many 'open celled' alternatives but they all have shorter palps.

The only exception which I can think of is the White-footed Ghost (Dolichopeza albipes) but as its name suggests, it has white or at least pale, tips to the legs.

Maybe a southern species which isn't in my keys? From what I can see of the wing veins they do seem distinctive and there is a yellowish colouration to the leading edges which should help. But I still can't place a name to this fly.

[deetheturk]

Cheers Geoff, here was me thinking I had nailed it by working
out it was female a big thanks to you and the other members who are much more educated than me in I.D-ing the many insects that appears on this thread!

[piggsy]

nice set Piggsy - any chance of your real name ?

Ah I updated it now

Just realised my usual thing of making a direct link high-res clickable from the forum doesn't work with the image system here - so from earlier - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

tonight's -

http://abload.de/img/p7100075nr3xuzj.jpg

PEN E-PM2 + Tokina AT-X 90mm 2.5 w/ Raynox 250 at something like F18-20. This was the only one that really turned out - discovered two things - 1) If I thought I had small DOF before at 1x, this is something else entirely, 1.58x magnification @ 2x crop gives you like, a line of dust specs in focus up to about F16 set, 2) the raynox clip actually blocks a lot of the light from my LED I need to do night shooting so pretty much everything was taken blind. Luckily this guy was small enough and reflective enough to get around those two issues

[IzzieK]

Nice shot Izzie, you are coming on leaps and bounds with this macro bug thing

Thanks Mark...I was trying so I keep up the boys so to speak...at least it is not a snake....