Just for size comparison, here is an image of a bloomed out Prickly Rose. Petal to petal edge around 1.5 inches.


I had never seen these little beetles before and only ever on Prickly Roses, ones the roses were gone so were the beetles. They reminded me somewhat of the love bugs in Florida, always in mating mode.




And a tiny fly feeding on something tinier


And a golden rod spider found lunch as well.


Comments are always welcome and appreciated.

[Heinrich Lohmann]

How does one edit a thread title to correct spelling?

[Bob Harris]

wonderful upclose macros Heinrich, you bring the little world into focus for us. Great job.

[slowpez]

How does one edit a thread title to correct spelling?

Apologize for the misspelling and move on Heinrich. I don't think there is anything you can do about it yourself. The photos are so darn good though people will completely forget or disregard the misspelled word anyway.

[Sailor]

Beautifully done, Heinrich, as always. These shots remind me how oblivious I am to the million stories going on around us constantly in the macro world.

Jer

[daacon]

Wow now those are National Geographic quality - outstanding Heinrich , even more so than your usual high standards.

[dcmsox2004]

superb captures heinrich... the subject matter is very interesting.. if not very creepy! well done, dave m

[Heinrich Lohmann]

wonderful upclose macros Heinrich, you bring the little world into focus for us. Great job.

Thank you Bob, I have fun doing it but it becomes increasingly hard on the old back. After two days of doing macros on the last trip, if it wasn't 5 feet off the ground it wasn't photogenic.

Take care,

Apologize for the misspelling and move on Heinrich. I don't think there is anything you can do about it yourself. The photos are so darn good though people will completely forget or disregard the misspelled word anyway.

Susan, thank you for the kind words and for putting it into perspective. I tend to get hung up on the small things. (my eye-surgeon keps telling me that it has to do with birthdays)

Take care,

Beautifully done, Heinrich, as always. These shots remind me how oblivious I am to the million stories going on around us constantly in the macro world.

Jer

Thank you Jer, you and me both, once in a while one spends a few hours looking at it and than it's forgotten again but it is such a fascinating world.

Take care.

Wow now those are National Geographic quality - outstanding Heinrich , even more so than your usual high standards.

Thank you Dave for the praise but I'm afraid National Geographic might have a different opinion.

Take care,

superb captures heinrich... the subject matter is very interesting.. if not very creepy! well done, dave m

Dave, thank you for the kind comments and yes, sometimes I look through the viewfinder at something and it is creepy but I take the picture any way.