Got some new pics to share. **Confirmed**

Wallydraigle

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Six-spotted orbweaver. I would have liked to have gotten its back with the six spots in the picture, but it was a little hyper and this was the best I could do.
Another tiny orbweaver. It's sitting on a petal of one of those little yellow oxalis flowers that grow in the grass. It was only about four or five millimeters long.
Ladybug larvae. I'm pretty sure these are still first instar. They are eating some kind of eggs, possibly the eggs they hatched from, but it could be anything. Ladybugs might look cute but they are fierce predators from birth.
I think it's a tiger moth, but it could be an owlet moth. Found this tonight. Its wingspan was about an inch. I need a better moth reference.
A tiny grasshopper sitting in a daisy. The body was about a centimeter long. The antennae are actually longer than its whole body.


I would write more, but I'm kind of tired. If you want to know more about equpiment I wrote about it and posted some pictures of it for Sketcher here.

Let me know what you think.
 

ElFenix

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how long does it take you to identify the bugs?
 

RossMAN

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ElFenix - Come over here so I can trout smack you (with GB's blessing of course) :D
 

Wallydraigle

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Originally posted by: ElFenix
how long does it take you to identify the bugs?


Some of them never get an ID. There's over a hundred thousand species of insects in North America, and that's not counting spiders and other creatures.

Camera's an EOS D60. It ran me about $2200 new, about half that now. It's been replaced by the 10D. Sketcher has one of those.
 

Anubis

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i beleive you still have that D60 correct???

thoes are some sweet fvcking pics. and how do you identify the bugs?
 

Wallydraigle

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Originally posted by: TheEvil1
i beleive you still have that D60 correct???

thoes are some sweet fvcking pics. and how do you identify the bugs?


Thanks. I have a few books on the subject. The order an insect belongs to can be figured out pretty easily. From there it's not too hard to come up with the family. There are a variety of websites that list all the genera in a specific family. If something is pretty common it's usually not too hard to come up with an ID. Sometimes I use keys too, but sometimes I don't have the skill if it's very complex. I'm just an ametuer.
 

Pilsnerpete

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Definitely make a website! Those shots are indescribably cool. I just set the dandelion anthers as my dsktop wallpaper. Hope ya don't mind!
 

Wallydraigle

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I don't care, just respect my copyrights. I have a lot of time and money involved in this. I'm glad you like it so well:)
 

isekii

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those are prolly one of the best digicam shots i've seen man

keep up the good work.

have you ever thought about shooting people ?
 

Spooner

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very very nice.

How about some nicer things as opposed to insects?

like a close up of a beer can ;)
 

Ornery

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While you've been perfecting your craft, I've neglected to push the envelope like I said I would. Still doing the typical junk. Keep 'em coming. It's the only thing that drives me to want to do more.

Nice job! :cool:
 

DaFinn

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Eeewww... bugs and spiders. I hate bugs and spiders. Must check my bed before I go to sleep!

Nice pics though!



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