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Old 03-21-2008   #1
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Post your macro/close up shots of Insects. Try to identify what it is in your post. Here's some bee flies and wood bees.


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Old 03-23-2008   #2
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I'm not sure what type of spider this is.
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Old 04-11-2008   #3
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Here's a couple of bugs doing something. Maybe it's just a piggy back ride. Feel free to post yours. Alot of you are better at this than me. Keep it going.
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The shot of the spider is has good composition. I seem to get lost in the others.
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Bee in a white cistus. Someday I'm gonna get me one of those macro lenses and take REAL bug pictures.
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The shot of the spider is has good composition. I seem to get lost in the others.
Thank you. I like that one too. I guess I could of cropped them different. loeee- that's pretty good for the lense you use. keep em coming. Here's a Jerusalem Cricket aka Potato bug.
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Old 04-11-2008   #7
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Honey Bees in an Almond orchard. I got stung in the ear taking this picture.
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Honey Bees in an Almond orchard. I got stung in the ear taking this picture.
Honey bees are notoriously camera-shy. Didn't you know?
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Brilliant shots, Lyle A

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Thank You. Here's a Sand Spider/Wind Scorpion. Very rare here. It's the only one I have ever seen. Anyone is welcome to add to this thread.
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A male Black Widow. Non poisonous.
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Emergent Lady Beetle
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Old 04-13-2008   #13
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Bravo!!! Wow!! Awesome!!!!
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Some kind of green fly.
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I think i can post here?

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That's what I want. Participation. Great shots. Keep em comin. Here's a wasp. People around here call them Yellow Jackets but they are really Paper Wasps. Kind of dangerous trying to get close to.
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Some wonderful bug shots
Lyle - the green metallic fly is a dolichopid (long legged) fly - these often feed on other flies.

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