2020 - August - Bugs
Rules that are always applicable are as follows:
- One photo per answer, and no more than 5 answers per user per contest.
- Post only photos taken by yourself/person with you.
- All entries should include a line of text with the location, subject, and date (specificity is up to you).
- Refrain from posting sensitive/debatable content
- Only upvotes count towards winning.
Rules for August are as follows:
- Bugs - Pictures of bugs/insects.
- The contest will last the whole month of August and to be clear, we use UTC, just like the site itself.
- There is no constraint on when the photo must have been taken.
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Some kind of shiny arachnid, I think European Moth Day, 2018-05-11, Devesa de l'Albufera, Valencia, Spain. Shot with …
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Large black scarab beetle climbing on mossy tree bark Osmoderma scabra, a kind of scarab beetle, climbing up a moss-c …
4y ago
Blue dragonfly on rocks Epaulet skimmer, a kind of dragonfly, in Ein Gedi, Israel, July 2019.
4y ago
Diogmites on Manzanita Image 25 Jul 2005, Tonto National Forest, Arizona. I was hiking the Highline Trail below …
4y ago
Bee sitting on a yellow-white flower with very ruffled pedals A bee sitting on a carnation that I saw while waiting f …
4y ago
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European Moth Day, 2018-05-11, Devesa de l'Albufera, Valencia, Spain. Shot with Nikon D5300, Micro-NIKKOR 105mm f/4 and Kenko 2x NAS Teleplus MC7, ISO 800, f/32, flash.
Yes, I know this isn't a moth. The UV lights attracted all kinds of insects and probably some other arthropods. I think this is an arachnid rather than an insect, so I'm following Olin's comment in taking "bug" as Arthropoda.
Diogmites on Manzanita
25 Jul 2005, Tonto National Forest, Arizona.
I was hiking the Highline Trail below the Mogollon Rim when I came to an area with a lot of manzanita, just west of Horton Spring. This diogmites gave me time to set up the camera and let me get reasonably close. The picture was taken with a 135 mm lens and extension tube. The above is a crop of about 3/4 in each dimension.
I was impressed with how well the diogmites was camouflaged. Its color closely matched the manzanita stems.
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