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**WPRESTO** · 08-15-2021, 09:59 AM

Originally posted by swanlefitte

What reasoning for this choice? I think i will start. I used sugar water but not thick enough. Then I used honey but thought a bee with different honey might be attacked. Went to corn syrup. Molasses has nutrients. I use it to flavor my ginger beer.
I guess you find it thick and with nutrients. But maybe also no less bright than the subject?

I should have responded sooner. I used molasses because there was some in the kitchen. No honey on hand, There was maple syrup, but I thought the molasses would have a better viscosity.

**WPRESTO** · 08-15-2021, 10:13 AM - **6 Likes**

Tried my luck the other day with butterflies attracted to our "bloomerang" lilacs.

**ehrwien** · 08-15-2021, 12:00 PM - **1 Like**

Another dragonfly, a male four-spotted chaser / skimmer, easily identified by the spots in the middle of front edge of the wings

Four-spotted Chaser / Skimmer

**K2 to K50** · 08-15-2021, 09:11 PM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

Tried my luck the other day with butterflies attracted to our "bloomerang" lilacs.

Oh wow - that is an absolute beauty of an image!

**WPRESTO** · 08-16-2021, 04:54 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by K2 to K50

Oh wow - that is an absolute beauty of an image!

Thank you K2 2 K50.

Here are two other images from that outing, although IMHO the one posted above was the best of the lot.

**DW58** · 08-16-2021, 07:55 AM - **2 Likes**

Wasp on Queen Anne's Lace.

**WPRESTO** · 08-16-2021, 03:02 PM - **1 Like**

A desert beetle

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Aaron28 · 08-16-2021, 04:52 PM - **4 Likes**

K-3ii....Tamron 90/2.8DI....af360fgz

**K2 to K50** · 08-16-2021, 08:15 PM

Originally posted by Aaron28

K-3ii....Tamron 90/2.8DI....af360fgz

Wow - a rainbow beetle!! Great pic

**WPRESTO** · 08-17-2021, 04:34 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by K2 to K50

Wow - a rainbow beetle!! Great pic

FYI: Not a beetle, a leaf hopper in the Heteroptera (beetles are in the Coleoptera). The genus is Graphocephala with many different species in the USA and Canada. It is sometimes called the "candy stripe leaf hopper." Their bright colors make them conspicuous and therefore one of the easiest leaf hoppers to spot. Other leaf hoppers are green and look like leaves. I have photos of one that imitates a thorn.

**rgknief60** · 08-17-2021, 06:50 PM - **2 Likes**

Cicada Shell. Saw the owner, but did not have time in the evening to shoot, so got this the next day.

K-3 Mark III & HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm F4-5.8 ED WR, 300mm, minimum focus distance. Pixel Shift. Actual pixels of crop below are 3200x1800.

Cicada Shell

Aaron28 · 08-18-2021, 03:25 PM

Originally posted by K2 to K50

Wow - a rainbow beetle!! Great pic

thanks! it's candy!

**rgknief60** · 08-18-2021, 09:13 PM - **3 Likes**

Tonight's Cicada...

GreenRich · 08-19-2021, 02:16 PM - **4 Likes**

**TER-OR** · 08-20-2021, 06:10 AM

Cool moth. We have some Scape Moths which look similar here in N.A.

08-15-2021, 12:00 PM - 1 Like	#6408
ehrwien Site Supporter Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 2,784	Another dragonfly, a male four-spotted chaser / skimmer, easily identified by the spots in the middle of front edge of the wings Four-spotted Chaser / Skimmer Four-spotted Chaser / Skimmer

08-17-2021, 04:34 PM - 2 Likes	#6415
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,144	Originally posted by K2 to K50 Wow - a rainbow beetle!! Great pic FYI: Not a beetle, a leaf hopper in the Heteroptera (beetles are in the Coleoptera). The genus is Graphocephala with many different species in the USA and Canada. It is sometimes called the "candy stripe leaf hopper." Their bright colors make them conspicuous and therefore one of the easiest leaf hoppers to spot. Other leaf hoppers are green and look like leaves. I have photos of one that imitates a thorn. Last edited by WPRESTO; 08-19-2021 at 01:15 PM.

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WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,144	Originally posted by swanlefitte What reasoning for this choice? I think i will start. I used sugar water but not thick enough. Then I used honey but thought a bee with different honey might be attacked. Went to corn syrup. Molasses has nutrients. I use it to flavor my ginger beer. I guess you find it thick and with nutrients. But maybe also no less bright than the subject? I should have responded sooner. I used molasses because there was some in the kitchen. No honey on hand, There was maple syrup, but I thought the molasses would have a better viscosity.

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