Thematic Show me your insects

**WPRESTO** · 07-11-2018, 02:48 PM - **2 Likes**

And the explanation in the previous post accounts for why I'm using a separate post for this soggy dragonfly.

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**noelcmn** · 07-12-2018, 06:33 AM - **3 Likes**

Originally posted by swanlefitte

I get lots of pictures of these but some are very tame and let me get right on top of them. As long as my eyes are covered they don't mind but without the camera in front of me they stay 1 step away.

My thinking is that bright colors clothing spooks them quite a bit, and I have tried with some duller clothes, and it seems to work, especially green clothes. Red, burgundy and white clothes definitely spook the, and not just dragons.

normhead · 07-12-2018, 07:48 AM - **3 Likes**

K-3 and DA*200 2.8
ISO 160, ƒ5.6, AV

I leave some of the wild bushes growing in my yard and that sometimes pays off in unique photo ops.

And a few bonus shots from the same morning.

**WPRESTO** · 07-12-2018, 09:25 AM - **2 Likes**

Grasshopper, along with dragonflies probably the most photographed insect after butterflies.

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**Skodadriver** · 07-13-2018, 04:23 AM - **1 Like**

Not very good at finding the pests in my garden and when I do find one I am not very good at photographing them. A grasshopper? Very long antennae, more than twice the length of it's body.

**WPRESTO** · 07-13-2018, 04:28 AM - **2 Likes**

Katydid, I have an image of one in the RTP folder. Taken in my "studio" = controlled lighting & background. Unnatural? Maybe.

**Skodadriver** · 07-13-2018, 05:13 AM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

Katydid, I have an image of one in the RTP folder. Taken in my "studio" = controlled lighting & background. Unnatural? Maybe.

So it's a Katydid, good to know. Your image is great!

**WPRESTO** · 07-13-2018, 05:24 AM

Originally posted by Skodadriver

So it's a Katydid, good to know. Your image is great!

Thanks. I think the one you photographed may be a nymph = not fully adult.

**Skodadriver** · 07-13-2018, 06:45 AM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

Thanks. I think the one you photographed may be a nymph = not fully adult.

A quick look at Katydid images on the web and I found some pink ones. My wife doesn't like creepy crawlies...or Butterflies, Moths or Spiders but I will ask her to let me know what she thinks of the pink ones.

normhead · 07-13-2018, 07:13 AM - **3 Likes**

From my afternoon walk, 18,000 fitbit steps.
K-3 and DA*60-250 with HD DA 1.4 TC.

I don't know what this is, I suspect some kind of wasp, but if it catches and eats horse flies it's OK with me.

SSGGeezer · 07-13-2018, 07:21 AM - **2 Likes**

Just a Bumblebee on a large lavender plant , Mason lake, WA. KP with FA 77 Limited. SOOC and cropped only.

**WPRESTO** · 07-13-2018, 12:43 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by normhead

From my afternoon walk, 18,000 fitbit steps.
K-3 and DA*60-250 with HD DA 1.4 TC.
I don't know what this is, I suspect some kind of wasp, but if it catches and eats horse flies it's OK with me.

That predator is a robber fly
The moth below is quite colorful.

mohb · 07-13-2018, 01:21 PM - **3 Likes**

It seems it's a fly pretending to be a yellow jacket, i bow down before the superior knowledge of Terror and presto

**WPRESTO** · 07-13-2018, 02:08 PM - **5 Likes**

"Caught" one of my favorite unexpected insect photo-ops

**TER-OR** · 07-13-2018, 05:03 PM

Originally posted by mohb

Yellow jacket

That's a fly.

07-13-2018, 01:21 PM - 3 Likes	#4543
mohb Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Photos: Albums Posts: 1,912	It seems it's a fly pretending to be a yellow jacket, i bow down before the superior knowledge of Terror and presto Last edited by mohb; 07-14-2018 at 03:54 AM.

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07-12-2018, 06:33 AM - 3 Likes	#4532
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,182	Originally posted by swanlefitte I get lots of pictures of these but some are very tame and let me get right on top of them. As long as my eyes are covered they don't mind but without the camera in front of me they stay 1 step away. My thinking is that bright colors clothing spooks them quite a bit, and I have tried with some duller clothes, and it seems to work, especially green clothes. Red, burgundy and white clothes definitely spook the, and not just dragons.

07-12-2018, 07:48 AM - 3 Likes	#4533
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	K-3 and DA*200 2.8 ISO 160, ƒ5.6, AV I leave some of the wild bushes growing in my yard and that sometimes pays off in unique photo ops. And a few bonus shots from the same morning.

07-13-2018, 05:13 AM	#4537
Skodadriver Site Supporter Join Date: May 2015 Location: Hampshire Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 892	Originally posted by WPRESTO Katydid, I have an image of one in the RTP folder. Taken in my "studio" = controlled lighting & background. Unnatural? Maybe. So it's a Katydid, good to know. Your image is great!

07-13-2018, 05:24 AM	#4538
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,108	Originally posted by Skodadriver So it's a Katydid, good to know. Your image is great! Thanks. I think the one you photographed may be a nymph = not fully adult.

07-13-2018, 06:45 AM	#4539
Skodadriver Site Supporter Join Date: May 2015 Location: Hampshire Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 892	Originally posted by WPRESTO Thanks. I think the one you photographed may be a nymph = not fully adult. A quick look at Katydid images on the web and I found some pink ones. My wife doesn't like creepy crawlies...or Butterflies, Moths or Spiders but I will ask her to let me know what she thinks of the pink ones.

07-13-2018, 07:13 AM - 3 Likes	#4540
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	From my afternoon walk, 18,000 fitbit steps. K-3 and DA*60-250 with HD DA 1.4 TC. I don't know what this is, I suspect some kind of wasp, but if it catches and eats horse flies it's OK with me.

07-13-2018, 05:03 PM	#4545
TER-OR Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Dundee, IL Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,699	Originally posted by mohb Yellow jacket That's a fly.