My Best Insect Photos for early Summer 08.

[lucanidae]

Hey everyone. The bugs have really started coming out here in Ithaca now. I'm posting some of my insect pics from the woods near my apartment.

Taxi-Cab ladybug hunting aphids.

Pyrochroid Fire Beetle

Honey Bee in Flight

Tipulid on Tree

Damselfly

Crab Spider Eats Solitary Bee

One of these twigs is actually a Geometrid caterpillar.

Eyed Elater! Never seen a live one up here before.

 

[Eclipse]

Whoa I didn't even know there was a caterpillar in the 7th until I read the description.

 

[olablane]

VERY cool bugs. I have never heard of, let alone seen a geometrid caterpillar. It is reall cool. Awesome pix.

 

[anaconda19]

some great pics there, what equip u use to capture the clips? wow i never seen yellow ladybugs her ein the UK we have red with black spots instead of yellow. is the caterpillar the pinkish bit which is sticking out and the least smooth stick part? or do i need to look for another ten mins to see it lol ?

 

[lucanidae]

The caterpillar's head is in the bottom left of the picture, it is holding onto the stick on the right hand side with its last pair of prolegs. I shoot with a Canon Rebel XT with a 90mm Tamron Macro lens. Thanks!

 

[Vanilla]

Those are some really nice pictures! Thanks for sharing.

 

[lukatsi]

I like the photos, especially the ladybug and the click beetle!
Isn't the second one a soldier beetle (Cantharidae)?

 

[lucanidae]

Yes, you're right I posted the wrong caption, it is a Cantharis.