Bug pics

[Moe_K]

One of my bio professors at UMASS got me into taking close up shots of insects. It's a big change in biology from killing the bugs and mounting them on a pin in a box.
Today I shot a few types of damselflies I found in my back yard.

[Moe_K]

A second...

[Moe_K]

More...

[denvig]

Nice shots ...............and it look like the grass is coming up, keep it watered;)

[Moe_K]

Still more...

[Moe_K]

One more of the same bug:

[Moe_K]

Green damsels, just feet away from the blues...

[Moe_K]

Green damsel with a common fly. Funny shot. Two orders of insects: Odonata and Diptera.

Last for tonight.

[denvig]

Moe, didn't know you were such a bug man.

[Moe_K]

Heh. Just a bit. My professor would challenge me to figure out which genus and species these were, and make me catalog the date, time and location of the pictures. I'm too lazy for that. :p

[denvig]

Heh. Just a bit. My professor would challenge me to figure out which genus and species these were, and make me catalog the date, time and location of the pictures. I'm too lazy for that. :p
date, upper left side of post. time, same place. location, back yard. See your not that lazy;) :p

[Lourdes]

those are nice picks Moe!I never realized the dragon fly's colors before.

[Syris]

Moe,

Using a Nikon Coolpix 775, right?
Pics look great.

[JMAC]

Nice pics Moe. Actually I think those are all shots of Damselflies. Very similar to Dragonflies but the wings are folded parallel along the body at rest while the dragonfly's are out flat perpendicular to its sides. (I think lol) Great shots anyway. :-)

Since this is a "nature-ish" thread, I have tried a few creature shots with the new digital camera too. A spotted salamander heading to a vernal pool to spawn, and a lost but calm baby Mourning Dove in my yard.

Joe

[Moe_K]

Ooh, you're right Joe. Fixed that. Nice pictures.

[Scuba_Dave]

I used to have tons of dragonflies at my last house w/all the flowers I had planted. The wife used to refer to the front "lawn" as the jungle. Looking to recreate the same thing in Rockland.
I haven't tried very manyu close up pics, maybe w/new camera

[etszoo]

Great pics Moe. I'll have to get some of mine digitized. Love the damsels and dragonflies. Spiders are good candidates if you are into the macros. Right now I am
working on the different ant species in my yard.

[Moe_K]

Ants? Very cool. Post 'em.

[Gumhead]

Did someone say ant?

[Moe_K]

Oooh, nice Dave. Looks a lot like this guy...

[heavydc2]

Moe, very cool pics, oh and you too Gumhead... Hey I saw you today Dave, I think we passed you on the way from all things fishy to my house. After we went by I told Stangs that I saw you.

Moe who was the professor at UMass, They do some studdies here on our farm, the guy who ran it, Ron Procapi (spelled wrong I think), just passed away a few weeks ago, he did a lot for fruit growers and was an amazing teacher.

Here is a pic I took the other day, this is a bug on an iris.
http://216.235.242.50/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=256&stc=1

[etszoo]

Yeah I'll get em'. I think I've got some of some leaf cutters from when my wife and I
went to Costa Rica. The social insects really amaze me.

[heavydc2]

I am going to Costa Rica at the end of the month, I can't wait. Lots of pictures for sure!

[etszoo]

Where are you staying?

[Gumhead]

Anymore bug pics?

[Keith Sheridan]

Weird! I am going to Costa Rica in July.

[Moe_K]

A few more I took last weekend.
This first guy is some kind of leap hopper.

[Moe_K]

More of the same dude

[Moe_K]

A cool fly that tries to look like a bee

[Moe_K]

A butterfly. I tried to sneak up on it, but it always flew away.

[Moe_K]

Some other kind of fly. Looks mean.

[Jim Tansey]

My bug from last week.

[JMAC]

Here is a shot of one of the unusual wasp species that have been visiting my patch of Gooseneck Loosetrife since it has been in bloom. I find that many types of wasp just love it as well as Spearmint flowers. (Both white flowers) This particular wasp species is solid black, but a beautiful iridescent blue in the sunlight.

Joe

[Jim Tansey]

Out in the yard today.

[JustDavidP]

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4d630b3127cceb44c372f47b40000000510

[Gumhead]

Butterfly...

[Moe_K]

HOLY MOTHRA!
nice picture, Dave!

[Jim Tansey]

I like that picture Dave, any info. on it?

[Gumhead]

I like that picture Dave, any info. on it?
That pic was taken with my Fuji Film S602z, 1/500 @ f2.8 hand held...