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[KD_Reno]

Very nice - big snoot on that fly.

Thanks! I have quite a few drone fly shots, but never got a pose like that before.

 

[Archibald]

Ghost Tiger Beetles at the Pinhey 2 sand dune site, Ottawa. They are well camouflaged and can take high sand temperatures. These bugs are small and very hard to spot.

 

[dmiller68]

Here is one of my shots from Costa Rica, Osa Peninsula

 

[Archibald]

Here is one of my shots from Costa Rica, Osa Peninsula

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Interesting little grasshopper. I was also in the Osa Peninsula earlier this year. Neat place for wildlife.

 

[Archibald]

A couple of odonatans.

Dragonfly

Spreadwing damelfly.

 

[Dean Wilson]

Close up with a long lens.
The house in the background is about 30 feet away is a light grey and the mid day Summer sun, allows for this High Key look.

 

[Archibald]

Close up with a long lens.
The house in the background is about 30 feet away is a light grey and the mid day Summer sun, allows for this High Key look.

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Nice shot!

 

[ctitanic]

From our garden, hover-fly.

 

[Kamoshika]

I think this is a wasp spider (nagakoganegumo ナガコガネグモ).

 

[Archibald]

I think this is a wasp spider (nagakoganegumo ナガコガネグモ).View attachment 30580

Very nice. There are also spider wasps. I wonder how they get along.

 

[Archibald]

This looks like a wasp but is actually a fly. The proof is the little paddles, its halteres, which are vestigial hind wings. Genus Physoconops. F/13, 100mm macro lens, diffused flash.

 

[Archibald]

A winged ant, possibly a Formicene ant.

 

[Archibald]

Ambush bug on goldenrod.

 

[Archibald]

Dragonflies.

 

[Archibald]

This one is grinning at me.

 

[Kamoshika]

This weevil was a first for me.

 

[MSH411]

 

[Archibald]

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This weevil was a first for me.
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Nice series of shots! I like the front perspective of the grasshopper. The weevil looks very small.

 

[Archibald]

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Welcome to the forum, Marc. Very nice pics. I don't think I have ever seen a bug like that gray grasshopper. Very interesting.

 

[Kamoshika]

Nice series of shots! I like the front perspective of the grasshopper. The weevil looks very small.

Thank you. The weevil was really small...barely noticed it. I've been paranoid about ticks lately (nasty disease these guys are carrying with a high fatality rate, spreading from western Japan over the past few years), so have been taking a second look at anything small and and black.

 

[MSH411]

Welcome to the forum, Marc. Very nice pics. I don't think I have ever seen a bug like that gray grasshopper. Very interesting.

The welcome is appreciated Archibald. That grasshopper was found while I was taking a night hike in the Costa Rican rain forest. After taking a couple frames I looked directly above me and found these guys just hanging out.... literally.

 

[Archibald]

The welcome is appreciated Archibald. That grasshopper was found while I was taking a night hike in the Costa Rican rain forest. After taking a couple frames I looked directly above me and found these guys just hanging out.... literally.

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That is cool. You don't see bats that often.

 

[Kamoshika]

Taiwanese bamboo carpenter bee

 

[Archibald]

Taiwanese bamboo carpenter bee
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Excellent!

 

[Kamoshika]

Excellent!

Thanks.

 

[MSH411]

Couldn't ID this bug but it looked cool.

 

[Archibald]

Couldn't ID this bug but it looked cool.


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Nice picture! Google Lens suggests Melissodes bimaculatus, a longhorn bee.

 

[MSH411]

Appreciate the ID assist Archibald!

 

[MSH411]

Just out for a little morning walk..... or slime as the case may be.

Threeband Gardenslug

 

[Archibald]

Just out for a little morning walk..... or slime as the case may be.

Threeband Gardenslug

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Not really a bug, but a nice shot of that snail.