The insect picture thread

Smokehound714

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Post your insect pics!


Poecilanthrax arethusa


Took me half an hour to snap a photo of this individual.. Almost seemed to be toying with me, only to finally "allow" me to snap a good shot :D

Melanoplus complanatipes


Very easy to photograph, they had absolutely no fear of humans. I would pick them up, and they'd just hop back to where they were, and continued munching on that seepwillow.

Polistes exclamans


Vanessa annabella larva


Schistocerca nitens


Pieris rapae


Scudderia mexicana nymph


Eupeodes volucris


Hyles lineata


Vanessa annabella


Calosoma semilaeve


Milichiidae sp


Cryptus albitarsus


Colletes simulans nevadensis


Short-tailed ichneumon (species uncertain, a positive ID would be great)


Zelus renardii
 
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Smokehound714

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Microcentrum californicum




Very similar to the greater angle-winged katydid, which can also be found here, albeit far less common.
 
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Nice pictures. I don't mean to take a photo thread off topic, but do you have any recommendations (in terms of books or other resources) for learning to ID southern Califronia bugs? You seem to be pretty good at it and I am interested in improving.
 
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awesome pics ! awesome insects:) that calosoma is beautiful ofcourse.
 
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Greater Angle-winged Katydid



:happy:

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Acanalonia servillei



PS ~ Not great at insect ID

Antlion Adult







Xanthopastis timais





 
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Alltheworld601

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oh, so much yes.

First, this dubia roach I posted in a different thread, cuz its handy right here:


_IGP9529 by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr


_IGP9523 by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr

and one of the A. gigas millipedes I have cohabbing with the dubia "pets".


IMGP0904 by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr

Some kind of nymph, possibly a stink bug of some sort:


_IGP7355 by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr

Possibly the nymph stage of one of these:


DSCN0786 by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr

I have already forgotten the scientific name for this neat little guy:


285060_4256412601169_584692930_n by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr

one of my favorite bugs ever, the crane fly:


306168_10150707627837844_507907843_9675938_71450762_n by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr

A tent caterpillar from the bowels of heck


DSCN4388 by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr

A skipper


IMGP5681 by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr


IMGP5682 by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr

This is how ladybugs molt from larvae...crazy!


IMGP6596 by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr

Common house flies are super pretty.


IMGP6606 by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr

I have no idea what the heck this is, but it has pretty eyelashes.


IMGP6780 by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr

Leaf hopper nymph:


IMGP6851 by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr

Some kind of sphynx caterpillar from St. Lucia, these crazy things were all over the place.


_IGP8027 by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr
 
Alltheworld601

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also, sorry for the lack of scientific names. I'm a stickler when it comes to tarantulas and scorpions, but my local insects I've got no clue.

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papilio

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Really great images Jacqueline!!

Next Spring you really ought to start your own insects photo thread! :biggrin:
 
Alltheworld601

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ah, here it is! I posted these in a separate thread but just to have them here with all the others, I'm re-posting them and bumping up the thread too :)

Gyna caffrorum


_IGP0599 by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr


_IGP9689 by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr

Ergaula sp. Giant Black (with nymph fuzz)


_IGP0496 by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr


_IGP0490 by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr


_IGP0491 by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr

Ergaula male


_IGP9648 by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr

Wide horned hisser


_IGP0529 by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr
 
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Fantabulicious Jacqueline!! :biggrin:

Liking the Raynox, I take it? ;)



btw, pretty nice DOF! What f/x are you at?
 
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I've got no idea, because the raynox is on my kit lens. It won't fit my macro lens :( I think last time I looked it was f/18.
 
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You might want to check eBay for a step-down ring so that you can mount it on your macro ... the magnification of the Raynox is proportional to the FL of the lens it's on.
 
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Some of my ants:

Polyrhachis dives



Paratopula sp.



Monomorium destructor



Camponotus ligniperda



Solenopsis geminata



Camponotus sp.





Iridomyrmex sp.

 
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asiletto said:
Some of my ants:

Polyrhachis dives



Paratopula sp.



Monomorium destructor



Camponotus ligniperda



Solenopsis geminata



Camponotus sp.





Iridomyrmex sp.

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Awesome! Dont see this too often. I gotta warn ya, though.. dont let those monos escape! They are like the WORST pest on earth. We had a huge infestation of em and they made it impossible to keep pets.. We got lucky and they suffered a sharp decline, my guess is the native black monomorium eradicated them, those prefer to live outdoors, thank god.

I especially like your Polyrhachis.. nice beautiful brass sheen.
 
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Smokehound714 said:
Awesome! Dont see this too often. I gotta warn ya, though.. dont let those monos escape! They are like the WORST pest on earth. We had a huge infestation of em and they made it impossible to keep pets.. We got lucky and they suffered a sharp decline, my guess is the native black monomorium eradicated them, those prefer to live outdoors, thank god.

I especially like your Polyrhachis.. nice beautiful brass sheen.
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smoke.... Do you have the black ant W/ queen ava by chance?
 
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_IGP1195 by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr

Ergaula sp. "Giant Black" (not very giant, nor very black)


_IGP1187 by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr

Good ol' dubia.


_IGP1183 by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr

A. gigas milli


_IGP1174 by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr

Thai rainbow


_IGP1166 by alltheworldinonegirl, on Flickr

New guy, possible Orthoporus sp, but no official ID as of yet

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I should have made that thread over on the other forum. Loving the ant photos above these, by the way.
 
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