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I saw this cute moth outside just now and took a few pictures:   I've been noticing a lot of cool insects and taking pictures of them lately. This new obsession started when I brought my camera to Costa Rica on my study abroad trip and took pictures of *everything* there. When I came back, I think I was more attuned to looking out for cool insects than I was before. Now I see them all the time! Here are some other cool/pretty ones I've seen lately: These two are of a red velvet ant (also known as "cow killers") I saw on the UGA campus on my way to a final exam last week. She was moving about very quickly, so it was hard to get a good picture of her. Red velvet ants are actually wasps, and the females are wingless. I'd never seen or heard of one before and I thought she looked absolutely beautiful.   This big beauty is a royal walnut moth, and they are apparently common in the deep South. Its wingspan was a good few inches across!  I think this furry guy is a gypsy moth caterpillar. He's so fluffyyyyyyy!   And here's one of a pretty passion butterfly I saw yesterday.  Anyone else like taking pictures of insects? Share 'em if ya got 'em! Aug 08 13 10:58 am Link smash it. Aug 08 13 11:13 am Link I used to collect dead butterflies. I'd pluck them from the ground after they died or as they were close to death and then smush them between the pages of a picture album. Aug 08 13 11:43 am Link Moriah Allende wrote: That would make a very pretty album Aug 08 13 11:54 am Link Damon Banner wrote: You're no fun Aug 08 13 11:54 am Link Very nice  That dragonfly I posted on Facebook never came back  Aug 08 13 12:03 pm Link DougBPhoto wrote: I guess it's a good thing you already got a picture, then! Dragonflies are so difficult to capture, I very rarely see them sitting still. Aug 08 13 12:44 pm Link Not moths! Not moths! Creepy out of control flying skills and dust! Aug 08 13 02:00 pm Link I do the same want me to show off a bit ? StephanIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIe !!!! Aug 08 13 03:37 pm Link Calli Pygian wrote: Yes, they are difficult. I believe I have an in flight dragonfly, but would have to find it on one of my DVD's. I also have pics of a hummingbird moth which pretty much only come out at night. I believe I also have some butterflies. I have never seen a butterfly like yours before. Aug 08 13 03:45 pm Link Calli Pygian wrote: I'm tons of fun! My entire body is a party! Aug 08 13 03:55 pm Link  Aug 08 13 04:16 pm Link Did you go to that place in Montevideo where they have the copy of Time magazine hung up... where they put the pin right through the butterfly so they could take the photo? Aug 08 13 04:18 pm Link Looks like something fun to try. Aug 08 13 06:58 pm Link I did a lot of shots of bees a while back.   (if you look closely, you can see the bee's "siphon" sucking up the water...)  Aug 08 13 08:17 pm Link       Aug 08 13 11:26 pm Link Here's a leafhopper assassin bug - zelus renardii.  Aug 09 13 05:32 am Link Ladybugs.  Aug 09 13 05:33 am Link    And...  Aug 09 13 11:05 am Link scrymettet wrote: Oooooooooooh, so lovely! Aug 09 13 02:01 pm Link Damon Banner wrote: Erm, nope, can't say that I did. Aug 09 13 02:03 pm Link Caradoc wrote: Those are so beautiful, what lens did you use? Aug 09 13 02:05 pm Link Michael Broughton wrote: Awesooooooooooome!!! Aug 09 13 02:06 pm Link Caradoc wrote: That is just too cool. I love the colors! Aug 09 13 02:07 pm Link Pondalee wrote: *giggle* Love it Aug 09 13 02:08 pm Link Calli Pygian wrote: Most of my bee shots are with a Tamron 90mm f/2.9 Macro. Some are with a borrowed Nikon 60mm Macro lens. Aug 09 13 02:28 pm Link Calli Pygian wrote: i meant monteverde. but that means YOU, are no fun! Aug 09 13 02:28 pm Link Calli Pygian wrote: The bees I went looking for... the others, just happened upon. Aug 09 13 02:29 pm Link  He was clogging up the pool's filtration system.  My first confirmed sighting of a brown widow. My house is surrounded by them.  Brown Widow now dead.  Some moth...  Must have been sick, was dead on the ground the next morning.  This butteryfly didn't want to leave me alone. Sorry for some of the large photos, they are FB and I don't have options for smaller sizes. Aug 09 13 03:30 pm Link Calli Pygian wrote: ir and visible light. Aug 09 13 04:05 pm Link Damon Banner wrote: I was there on a study abroad trip. I went where we were scheduled to go; there was no time to do anything outside of what they had planned for us. I maintain that YOU, sir, are the one who is no fun. You have also failed to provide any insect pictures for my thread. Fail. Aug 09 13 11:21 pm Link Caradoc wrote: Thanks! Aug 09 13 11:22 pm Link Christopher Hartman wrote: Oooooooooh, so beautiful, love it! Aug 09 13 11:24 pm Link Michael Broughton wrote: Cool beans Aug 09 13 11:25 pm Link Here are some of the insects I came across in Costa Rica: This is a banana spider (harmless to humans).  And here's the back side.  This is a huge moth--the wingspan is as large as my hand!  A cool beetle I saw in the cloud forest.  And another one.  Aug 09 13 11:53 pm Link  Aug 10 13 05:41 am Link  Aug 10 13 05:42 am Link Yay, so happy! Thank you to everyone who's shared so far, these are beautiful! Aug 10 13 09:28 am Link  Pull the "Original" version and you can see the moth's tongue descending into the flower. Aug 13 13 12:22 pm Link Cute little blue dragonfly  Aug 30 13 06:04 pm Link |
