Bugs - 2015

StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
edited January 28, 2016 in Holy Macro
This is what I got......please help ID them if you get a moment.
All criticism and feedback appreciated!

1)
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2)
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3)
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4)
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5)
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6)
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7)
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8)
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Comments

  • ThelensspotThelensspot Registered Users Posts: 2,041 Major grins
    edited December 11, 2015
    Number four!!! Number four!!!
    Very nice set, Taz.
    "Photography is partly art and partly science. Really good photography adds discipline, sacrifice and a never ending pursuit of photographic excellence"...ziggy53

  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited December 11, 2015
    SB,

    The first one could have been very contrasty, due to the whitish background and the very dark bug, but it is not.

    I really like everything about the third one.

    The sixth one raises suspicion that the beetle has a slight green cast, due to light off, or through, leaves.

    A nice variety of subjects.

    Harold
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited December 11, 2015
    Thelensspot wrote: »
    Number four!!! Number four!!!
    Very nice set, Taz.

    Thanks Wayne! Appreciate it truly!thumb.gif
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited December 11, 2015
    e6filmuser wrote: »
    SB,

    The first one could have been very contrasty, due to the whitish background and the very dark bug, but it is not.

    I really like everything about the third one.

    The sixth one raises suspicion that the beetle has a slight green cast, due to light off, or through, leaves.

    A nice variety of subjects.

    Harold

    Many thanks Harold! Means much to me! wings.gif
    I was *hoping* you would put on your professorial hat and identify the less common ones....if you get a moment!
    Cheers!
  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited December 11, 2015
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    Many thanks Harold! Means much to me! wings.gif
    I was *hoping* you would put on your professorial hat and identify the less common ones....if you get a moment!
    Cheers!

    It's always risky to try to identify species from photographs, all the more so when they are not from your home country.

    Anyway, it seemed likely that someone would have named your spotted beetle, based on the number of spots. It seems that the two spots near the front of the elytra have been considered as one, making the count eleven. So:
    The spotted cucumber beetle, Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi .
    http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/veg/bean/spotted_cucumber_beetle.htm
    Harold
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited December 11, 2015
    Thanks Harold!!bowdown.gif
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited December 12, 2015
    Lovely series SB - esp like #2.
    #1 is an assassin bug
    #2 A bee fly
    #3 a cicada skin
    #6 spotted cucumber beetle
    Think you know the others

    Brian v.
    Brian V.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/
    http://www.lordv.smugmug.com/
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited December 12, 2015
    Lord Vetinari wrote: »
    Lovely series SB - esp like #2.
    #1 is an assassin bug
    #2 A bee fly
    #3 a cicada skin
    #6 spotted cucumber beetle
    Think you know the others

    Brian v.

    Brian you truly rock! Thanks for dropping the knowledge!
    Thanks for all the free of cost lessons as well!
    Cheers!
  • Aleksandar VasicAleksandar Vasic Registered Users Posts: 334 Major grins
    edited January 28, 2016
    Loveeeeeee:)
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited January 28, 2016
    Aleksandar Vasic wrote: »
    Loveeeeeee:)

    Yay! Thanks kindly AV!
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