Thematic Show me your insects

**WPRESTO** · 10-12-2017, 06:27 PM - **1 Like**

Couple of wasps around my flowers from Tuesday. The first one is probably the same species as the sweat bee in the preceding post. Colorful fellows.The mite - not an insect so perhaps it doesn't belong here - is less than one mm long. Taken with a 3X Nikon Macrophot lens. The DOF is cellophane thin, but as this fellow was still alive and quite active, focus stacking was not an option. Notice the even smaller mite on its leg.

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photolady95 · 10-12-2017, 06:31 PM

I don't think I ever said what's allowed in here but I did hope folks who took spider photos would put them in the spider thread.

Mites, are fine here too. Where was the mite when you found it?

**WPRESTO** · 10-12-2017, 06:34 PM

Originally posted by photolady95

I don't think I ever said what's allowed in here but I did hope folks who took spider photos would put them in the spider thread.

Mites, are fine here too. Where was the mite when you found it?

It was feeding on an insect that I had brought in to photograph, but had died rather quickly. I was slow discarding it because of distraction, and when I came to it there were quite a few of these tiny fellows feeding on the carcass.

**noelcmn** · 10-13-2017, 01:38 PM

A barely alive Beetle

Shield bug, about the size of a matchhead.

**WPRESTO** · 10-13-2017, 03:07 PM

This one is working hard to get down to the good stuff.

Doundounba · 10-15-2017, 08:26 AM - **4 Likes**

Originally posted by jacamar

Perhaps Red-legged Grasshopper (Melanoplus femurrubrum)? The colour is often variable. Great shots, as usual.

Thanks! I was also thinking Melanoplus femurrubrum and had already tentatively tagged the photos with that species. I do find it surprising that the color would be that variable though...

My latest: two "hero-shot" focus stacks in my usual style and an environmental shot of a moth. First time spotting that species of leafhopper! Such a strange creature...

Macro season is pretty much over now. I still have a few shots in the processing pipeline, but I might not get anything new until the flakes arrive (and those aren't for this thread)...

**jacamar** · 10-15-2017, 08:40 AM

Originally posted by Doundounba

Thanks! I was also thinking Melanoplus femurrubrum and had already tentatively tagged the photos with that species.

Several years ago when I was testing out my newly purchased macro lens I got a fairly decent pic of a beetle but couldn't identify it. I located Stephen Marshall at Guelph University on the Internet and asked him. His reply: "It's a Dogbane Beetle. It's on the cover of my book". I didn't know about the book ("Insects: their Natural History and Diversity, with a photographic guide to insects of Eastern North America") and was so embarrassed I went out and bought it (it's a real doorstopper and not cheap)! Since then it's been a very useful resource and now I notice there's a second edition, which I won't be buying anytime soon.

photolady95 · 10-15-2017, 09:01 AM

Thanks for heads up but like you, I won't be buying one any time soon. According to Amazon, it really isn't cheap.

Insects: Their Natural History and Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America: Stephen Marshall: 8601420202283: amazon.com: Books?tag=pentaxforums-20&

**jacamar** · 10-15-2017, 09:14 AM

Originally posted by photolady95

Thanks for heads up but like you, I won't be buying one any time soon. According to Amazon, it really isn't cheap.

Your link is to the first edition (the one I have). The second edition has a dragonfly on the front.

Jean Poitiers · 10-15-2017, 09:59 AM

Leica Colorplan-P 90/2.5 slide projection lens inserted into a Russian macro bellows on K-1 ...

**noelcmn** · 10-15-2017, 01:46 PM

**WPRESTO** · 10-15-2017, 03:30 PM

Originally posted by Doundounba

. First time spotting that species of leafhopper! Such a strange creature...

Sometime GOOGLE images of tropical (Central/South American) leafhoppers if you'd like to see just how bizarre they can be.

Thagomizer · 10-21-2017, 09:05 PM

This is alarming: Warning of 'ecological Armageddon' after dramatic plunge in insect numbers | Environment | The Guardian

**noelcmn** · 10-22-2017, 05:00 AM - **1 Like**

A colleague found this beetle on the balcony of the shopping center where I work, and promptly brought it to me wrapped in some toilet rolls.

From yesterdays visit to Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens- where some construction site has been blocked off with some (plastic) mesh, and I suspect it interfered with the movement of some insects- I found locusts, bees, ladybug, butterflies and Shield bugs on the mesh.

Thagomizer · 10-22-2017, 09:16 PM

A largish beetle momentarily hung up on a blade of grass. It moved pretty quickly through this little jungle, but this momentary snag let me get a shot that mostly worked.

10-13-2017, 03:07 PM	#3890
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10-12-2017, 06:27 PM - 1 Like	#3886
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,104	Couple of wasps around my flowers from Tuesday. The first one is probably the same species as the sweat bee in the preceding post. Colorful fellows.The mite - not an insect so perhaps it doesn't belong here - is less than one mm long. Taken with a 3X Nikon Macrophot lens. The DOF is cellophane thin, but as this fellow was still alive and quite active, focus stacking was not an option. Notice the even smaller mite on its leg. Attached Images

10-12-2017, 06:31 PM	#3887
photolady95 Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cruising the forum watching his back Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,712 Original Poster	I don't think I ever said what's allowed in here but I did hope folks who took spider photos would put them in the spider thread. Mites, are fine here too. Where was the mite when you found it?

10-12-2017, 06:34 PM	#3888
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,104	Originally posted by photolady95 I don't think I ever said what's allowed in here but I did hope folks who took spider photos would put them in the spider thread. Mites, are fine here too. Where was the mite when you found it? It was feeding on an insect that I had brought in to photograph, but had died rather quickly. I was slow discarding it because of distraction, and when I came to it there were quite a few of these tiny fellows feeding on the carcass.

10-13-2017, 01:38 PM	#3889
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,175	A barely alive Beetle Shield bug, about the size of a matchhead.

10-15-2017, 08:26 AM - 4 Likes	#3891
Doundounba Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Montréal QC Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,351	Originally posted by jacamar Perhaps Red-legged Grasshopper (Melanoplus femurrubrum)? The colour is often variable. Great shots, as usual. Thanks! I was also thinking Melanoplus femurrubrum and had already tentatively tagged the photos with that species. I do find it surprising that the color would be that variable though... My latest: two "hero-shot" focus stacks in my usual style and an environmental shot of a moth. First time spotting that species of leafhopper! Such a strange creature... Macro season is pretty much over now. I still have a few shots in the processing pipeline, but I might not get anything new until the flakes arrive (and those aren't for this thread)...

10-15-2017, 08:40 AM	#3892
jacamar Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Toronto Photos: Albums Posts: 3,443	Originally posted by Doundounba Thanks! I was also thinking Melanoplus femurrubrum and had already tentatively tagged the photos with that species. Several years ago when I was testing out my newly purchased macro lens I got a fairly decent pic of a beetle but couldn't identify it. I located Stephen Marshall at Guelph University on the Internet and asked him. His reply: "It's a Dogbane Beetle. It's on the cover of my book". I didn't know about the book ("Insects: their Natural History and Diversity, with a photographic guide to insects of Eastern North America") and was so embarrassed I went out and bought it (it's a real doorstopper and not cheap)! Since then it's been a very useful resource and now I notice there's a second edition, which I won't be buying anytime soon.

10-15-2017, 09:01 AM	#3893
photolady95 Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cruising the forum watching his back Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,712 Original Poster	Thanks for heads up but like you, I won't be buying one any time soon. According to Amazon, it really isn't cheap. Insects: Their Natural History and Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America: Stephen Marshall: 8601420202283: amazon.com: Books?tag=pentaxforums-20&

10-15-2017, 09:14 AM	#3894
jacamar Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Toronto Photos: Albums Posts: 3,443	Originally posted by photolady95 Thanks for heads up but like you, I won't be buying one any time soon. According to Amazon, it really isn't cheap. Your link is to the first edition (the one I have). The second edition has a dragonfly on the front.

10-15-2017, 09:59 AM	#3895
Jean Poitiers Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Lost in translation ... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 18,076	Leica Colorplan-P 90/2.5 slide projection lens inserted into a Russian macro bellows on K-1 ...

10-15-2017, 01:46 PM	#3896
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,175

10-15-2017, 03:30 PM	#3897
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,104	Originally posted by Doundounba . First time spotting that species of leafhopper! Such a strange creature... Sometime GOOGLE images of tropical (Central/South American) leafhoppers if you'd like to see just how bizarre they can be.

10-21-2017, 09:05 PM	#3898
Thagomizer Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: London Ontario Posts: 2,068	This is alarming: Warning of 'ecological Armageddon' after dramatic plunge in insect numbers \| Environment \| The Guardian

10-22-2017, 05:00 AM - 1 Like	#3899
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,175	A colleague found this beetle on the balcony of the shopping center where I work, and promptly brought it to me wrapped in some toilet rolls. From yesterdays visit to Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens- where some construction site has been blocked off with some (plastic) mesh, and I suspect it interfered with the movement of some insects- I found locusts, bees, ladybug, butterflies and Shield bugs on the mesh.

10-22-2017, 09:16 PM	#3900
Thagomizer Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: London Ontario Posts: 2,068	A largish beetle momentarily hung up on a blade of grass. It moved pretty quickly through this little jungle, but this momentary snag let me get a shot that mostly worked.