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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-15-2021, 07:35 PM
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The marquee bug of the moment around here, of course,is the Cicada (saw my first yesterday--which was quickly dispatched by a cardinal) but I was happy to see this caddisfly (because fishing! and also because, as a water quality indicator, it suggests that our stressed urban stream is holding it's own.)
[OLY EM1/'mII & 60/2.8 Macro]
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-10-2021, 06:05 AM
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Yeah, I get subdued by chilly mornings myself.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
03-05-2021, 08:52 PM
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Now that you mention it, I think I could say the same.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
02-23-2021, 02:36 PM
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Those Dark Paper Wasps keep hatching--onto the ice from yesterday's nasty weather. Took this with the Oly 300/4 &2x TC rig (because why not?)
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
02-05-2021, 08:16 PM
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Dang, how cool is that?! It's a very plausible ID and the 100+ year old, wood-shingled house seems like prime habitat. The textual material I've found suggests that what I'm seeing now are early emerging females. The key is that they hatch in the Fall and hibernate so these gals are coming out of hibernation which explains the stumbling behavior. Now the question in my mind is whether the premature emergers survive subsequent cold snaps. I'm catching on that some of these insects which set up small colonies seem to have staggered emergences--which serve as a hedge against climate changes. Thanks!
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
02-05-2021, 03:43 PM
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Thanks for giving it thought.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
02-05-2021, 12:10 PM
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These wasps seem to be year-round residents of my house. They always surprise me by showing up (on not-too-cold days) in the dead of winter. They stumble around as if just hatched &/or numbed by the weather. Anyone know what they are and whether these are in fact winter hatchlings likely to freeze when it gets cold again?
K1 & DFA 100/2.8 Macro, Straight shot (no stacking) [1/200, f8, ISO 500]
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-30-2018, 05:34 PM
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Given their bright colors and inclination to congregate with hungry birds feeding in the vicinity, I suspect these guys taste really bad.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-13-2018, 12:13 PM
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Some postage stamp-sized crops of a Hummingbird Moth (K-3 & DA 300/4). Up close, they look like flying crayfish.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
07-23-2018, 12:26 PM
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I've been taught that caddis are pretty tolerant of lower WQ, mayflies less so and stoneflies even less.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
07-23-2018, 07:13 AM
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I don't know much about bugs but I fish. :lol:
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
06-30-2018, 05:01 AM
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Apparently, we stole your rain. Sorry.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
06-22-2018, 06:26 AM
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Thanks for the ID! Whoever came up with that name must have had a career in marketing. :lol:
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
06-21-2018, 10:23 AM
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Ok, I just made that name up :p but it's clear that this 1" long moth has adopted a bird poop disguise.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
06-12-2018, 03:21 PM
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Bee in the Magnolia K-1 & DFA 100/2.8 Macro
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
04-09-2018, 04:45 AM
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Awesome midges! Do you know what species? :p
Seriously, I'm glad to see there's someone else out there who's tried to photograph that engaging natural phenomenon. :D
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
04-08-2018, 05:41 AM
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Such things are governed by my uncle's "Law of General Cussedness."
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