The Ten Foot Invert Challenge

Vanessa

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Everyone was either found inside my apartment or on my balcony. Photos taken with my trusty macro lenses...
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louise f

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Found this sweet little jumper outside my terrace today, the first jumper i have seen this year.

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JumpingSpiderLady

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I don't have a great camera, but I wanna play!

Japanese beetles destroying my cherry tree. Snapped a photo before killing the horrible things. Pretty though.
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Fire ants reign on my daughter's sunflowers. If you put your ear next to the leaves, you can hear them. Crazy!
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Wish I could have gotten a better shot of these bees, but the flower was dancing I the wind. These little cuties slept in the sunflower. Not sure what the larvae are.
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JumpingSpiderLady

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I know! My wall is gross looking! But I don't wanna disturb the spiders. Here's mom. image.jpeg
And baby trying to wrap up a tiny beetle that is still much bigger than it is. (Sorry for the poor focus. I hope you can still see the sling. image.jpeg
 

JumpingSpiderLady

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The photo was taken indoors, but the hornworm was found within ten feel of the door. Does that still count? image.jpeg
So chubby cute!
 

louise f

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My son found this beautiful dragonfly in the garden today. He loves bugs and spiders as much as his mom does well aint that just cute <3:)

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sschind

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Lots of really nice pictures but I'm sorry, none of these look anything close to 10 feet. A few may push 10 centimeters but that's about it.
 

JumpingSpiderLady

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I think this is a group of male butterlies forming a lek. There are no flowers or water in this spot, but there were a lot of these little guys. image.jpeg
 

JumpingSpiderLady

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From the Merriam-Webster dictionary;
  1. : an assembly area where animals (as the prairie chicken) carry on display and courtship behavior; also : an aggregation of animals assembled on a lek for courtship

    Certain butterflies are known to use a lek for courtship.
 

Biollantefan54

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Found this beautiful Carolina mantis on a bush beside the steps to our porch. I haven't seen one in a few months, love their faces.
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