Insect Pictures

[heyjeyniceid]

heres a few pics of insects I caught at the ATS Conference this month and wanted to share:

A very ornate grasshopper, species unknown:

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v294/AdrianG4/Inverts_005.jpg

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v294/AdrianG4/Inverts_008.jpg

A beautiful caterpillar

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v294/AdrianG4/Inverts_009.jpg

A day after I shot the photos of the above caterpillar, it turned into a chrysallus:

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v294/AdrianG4/Inverts_2.jpg

One thing that I could not get for the life of me was the caterpillars defensive smelly transparent yellow horns that it expelled from the front of his head when he was pestered. I tried for half an hour, put him back in his cup and vowed to try again tommorrow, but it turned into a chrysallis, oh well.

 

[cichlidsman]

they are cool pics my h.lividum(sheva) is licking her fangs

 

[danfekar]

Wow, that grasshopper is nothing short of amazing! Great pics, thanks for sharing

Dan J

 

[ghost_tomb]

nice pics, what kind of camera did you use?
I'm looking at doing alot of photography of my tiger beetles when i get them