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Subject: Photography Forum Challenge - April 2014 - "Insects"

cfulton opened this issue on Mar 31, 2014 · 131 posts
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cfulton ( ) posted Mon, 31 March 2014 at 4:13 PM · edited Fri, 31 January 2025 at 5:53 AM

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**Welcome to the April 2014 Photography Forum Challenge**

** **As our seasons change around the world, 
there are plenty of insects busy getting ready
for their life changes and metamorphosis.

** How many creepy-crawliess can you find!**

**Please remember:
**Two images per member per week.
Image size: No larger than:
800 pixels X 600 pixels
and 200KB

auntietk ( ) posted Mon, 31 March 2014 at 5:43 PM

Okay, now THIS is a challenge!!  I'm so pleased to see you used one of my butterfly shots for your intro montage ... it's one of a very, very, very small handful I've ever done in that category.  If they hadn't been swarming, I never would have got 'em!  LOL!  I'll give it a go, but my best is usually something really far away and blurry.  I saw two really big, fluffy bees today.  They blew by me at about 20 or 30 miles an hour.  That's my normal insect encounter!  :P  Still ... I'll look forward to seeing what everybody gets.  If you don't see any pics from me in this challenge, you'll know why!  :)

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

jayfar ( ) posted Tue, 01 April 2014 at 10:45 AM

You are sure to get a lot of pics for this one Clive.

kgb224 ( ) posted Tue, 01 April 2014 at 11:29 AM

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Two uploads for the new insects challenge.

My first a stink bug and a moth on the same branch of a small tree.

God bless.

kgb224 ( ) posted Tue, 01 April 2014 at 11:29 AM

My second a jumping spider on a rose tree branch.

God bless.

jayfar ( ) posted Tue, 01 April 2014 at 11:37 AM

You even have a ladybird on the first pic Christo but not sure if a spider is an insect !! Both super shots though.

kgb224 ( ) posted Tue, 01 April 2014 at 12:01 PM

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You are correct Jeff,

Spiders is not insects.

I trust one of the admins can delete the spider picture and post.

Here is my second.

A black bug on Cape Hemp flower at jan Cilliers park.

God bless.

jayfar ( ) posted Tue, 01 April 2014 at 12:04 PM

Now this is a beauty Christo.

kgb224 ( ) posted Tue, 01 April 2014 at 12:08 PM

Thank you Jeff.

God bless.

cfulton ( ) posted Tue, 01 April 2014 at 2:38 PM · edited Tue, 01 April 2014 at 2:47 PM

Hi Christo, thanks for your eager shots!

I have removed the image of the spider as requested..!

 

cfulton ( ) posted Tue, 01 April 2014 at 2:55 PM

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Meet the resident grasshopper in my garden.  This morning he posed for me, perfect for the challenge!

(Acanthacris ruficornis)

 

jayfar ( ) posted Tue, 01 April 2014 at 3:38 PM

A perfect pose Clive.

dochtersions ( ) posted Tue, 01 April 2014 at 3:58 PM

@ Christo, Your photo's are great, and I love the flower very much too! :)

@ Clive, Oh, I think you've asked this grasshopper to pose for you, because the chalenge, Clive. And you have made a beautiful picture of it.

It's a great topic for this month, Clive. I've seen several kinds of butterflies in our garden. Everything is much earlier this year because the temperatures are abnormally high.

@ Tara, you have to go hunting for insects, my friend. You know, in the vicinity of horses, are many fly :D

auntietk ( ) posted Tue, 01 April 2014 at 4:21 PM

@ Jacomina:  LOL!  I will watch out for insects, especially if I see any horses!  :)

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

kgb224 ( ) posted Tue, 01 April 2014 at 10:14 PM

Thank you for removing the spider picture and post.

Love the grasshopper capture Clive.

Thank you for everyones kind comments.

Now i am eagerly waiting to see more insect captures.

God bless.

jayfar ( ) posted Wed, 02 April 2014 at 3:32 AM

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A comma butterfly on verbena, taken last August.

jayfar ( ) posted Wed, 02 April 2014 at 3:44 AM · edited Wed, 02 April 2014 at 3:45 AM

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Another set of pics taken in August last.

 

A Brimstone, Clouded Yellow and Silver Washed Fritillary.

kgb224 ( ) posted Wed, 02 April 2014 at 4:11 AM

All of them are beauties Jeff.

Thank you for sharing.

I just returned from Pretoria city to where i live.

I felt like taking my camera to the inner city and to take some pictures.

God bless.

kgb224 ( ) posted Wed, 02 April 2014 at 4:11 AM

All of them are beauties Jeff.

Thank you for sharing.

I just returned from Pretoria city to where i live.

I felt like taking my camera to the inner city and to take some pictures.

God bless.

cfulton ( ) posted Wed, 02 April 2014 at 6:15 AM · edited Wed, 02 April 2014 at 6:15 AM

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Here is a blood-sucking tick that I found on Brady this morning.

It is about 4mm long (0.15748 Inch). I put it in a plastic container in order to take this shot.

 

Great flutterbies, Jeff!

 

kgb224 ( ) posted Wed, 02 April 2014 at 7:34 AM

Jikes Clive.

Not so good to have those thicks around.

God bless.

jayfar ( ) posted Wed, 02 April 2014 at 7:55 AM

A handsome little bugger Clive.

dochtersions ( ) posted Wed, 02 April 2014 at 1:01 PM

@ Jeff, what a feast for the eye are your lovely butterfies photo's!

@ Clive, what a little creepy one. The color is splendid, but I hope it didn't bite Brady.

prutzworks ( ) posted Thu, 03 April 2014 at 4:14 AM

fantastic macro's from these critters

minder is meer

prutzworks ( ) posted Thu, 03 April 2014 at 4:59 AM

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while reading this topic a housefly landed on my old CRT display such a coincidense lol

minder is meer

kgb224 ( ) posted Thu, 03 April 2014 at 5:03 AM

Lol @ Prutzwork.

Superb upload for the Insect challenge.

God bless.

kgb224 ( ) posted Thu, 03 April 2014 at 5:03 AM

Lol @ Prutzwork.

Superb upload for the Insect challenge.

God bless.

prutzworks ( ) posted Thu, 03 April 2014 at 5:05 AM

thanks Christo

minder is meer

jayfar ( ) posted Thu, 03 April 2014 at 9:05 AM

The original fly on the wall Martin. Lol.

cfulton ( ) posted Thu, 03 April 2014 at 10:31 AM

 

Very well trained, Martin!

 

dochtersions ( ) posted Sat, 05 April 2014 at 3:36 PM

That's cute, Martin. Lucky you with this suprising fly! :)

dochtersions ( ) posted Sat, 05 April 2014 at 3:52 PM · edited Sat, 05 April 2014 at 3:52 PM

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Here my first entree, a Beefly (Bombylius major) on Pulmonaria (Lungwort). Taken in our garden.

dochtersions ( ) posted Sat, 05 April 2014 at 3:55 PM

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Nr two: A **Small White** (*Pieris rapae*) butterfly on a Forget Me Not, also in our garden.

kgb224 ( ) posted Sat, 05 April 2014 at 11:29 PM

Wonderful uploads Mies.

God bless.

dochtersions ( ) posted Sun, 06 April 2014 at 2:36 AM

Thank you, Christo.

God bless, and wishing you a good Sunday, my friend.

God se seën, en ek wens u 'n hele fyn Sondag, my vriend. :)

kgb224 ( ) posted Sun, 06 April 2014 at 2:48 AM

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My two for the challenge for the new week.

Two butterfly captures captured yesterday walking around the dam at my work.

My first a colorful butterfly.

God bless.

kgb224 ( ) posted Sun, 06 April 2014 at 2:49 AM · edited Sun, 06 April 2014 at 2:49 AM

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My second a Monarch butterfly.

God bless.

kgb224 ( ) posted Sun, 06 April 2014 at 3:06 AM

Pleasure Mies.

God bless.

dochtersions ( ) posted Sun, 06 April 2014 at 4:17 AM

What beauties this are, Christo!
I love the heart shape that you've caught on the first butterfly, as well as the form of the dried grass, on both sides at the bottom of the butterfly can be seen.

The Monarde butterfly is a gem, and a great one with this backlight.
Bravo, Christo.

God bless.

kgb224 ( ) posted Sun, 06 April 2014 at 4:21 AM

Thank you Mies.

God bless.

jayfar ( ) posted Sun, 06 April 2014 at 12:06 PM

Jacomina abd Christo, all your pictures are brilliant.

kgb224 ( ) posted Sun, 06 April 2014 at 12:31 PM

Thank you Jeff.

God bless.

dochtersions ( ) posted Sun, 06 April 2014 at 12:33 PM

Thank you Jeff :)

cfulton ( ) posted Mon, 07 April 2014 at 4:36 AM

Well done, Jacomina & Christo!

 

cfulton ( ) posted Mon, 07 April 2014 at 4:45 AM · edited Mon, 07 April 2014 at 4:46 AM

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I have always wondered what was eating the leaves of the Morning Glory growing outside the front door.

On Saturday I turned over a leaf and was amazed to find this!  A bit of reseach revealed that it is a Aspidomorpha tecta (Fool’s Gold Beetle).

I have never seen one before so this was a wonderful find for me! ☺ As my son says it looks like a contact lens with a 'flying squirrel' on its back!

PS: click the image to see a larger 800 x 600 in a new window.

 

jayfar ( ) posted Mon, 07 April 2014 at 4:53 AM

Your son's description is spot on as is this shot Clive.

kgb224 ( ) posted Mon, 07 April 2014 at 5:07 AM

Amazing find and capture Clive.

God bless.

cfulton ( ) posted Tue, 08 April 2014 at 4:21 AM · edited Tue, 08 April 2014 at 4:22 AM

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Here is a shot of a larva stage of the Fool's Gold Beetle (Aspidomorpha tecta) that I posted yesterday.

Fool’s Gold beetle larvae do not discard the shed skins from moults but instead pile them up into a tail on the tip of the abdomen together with some of their excreta. Larvae wave this tail around when disturbed so possibly it is used for warding off predators and parasitoids.

Wow! What an education!

PS: click the image to see a larger 800 x 600 in a new window.

 

 

kgb224 ( ) posted Tue, 08 April 2014 at 4:22 AM

Thank you for sharing Clive.

God bless.

jayfar ( ) posted Tue, 08 April 2014 at 9:39 AM

Looks like that beetle has even grown a nail Clive !! Lol.

Nice shot.

prutzworks ( ) posted Tue, 08 April 2014 at 2:39 PM

xlt macro shots

minder is meer

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