Friday, June 22, 2012

Like chicken

My bug pictures these days have sort of been like trying to make yet another chicken recipe. It might taste OK, but it's still chicken, and how many times a week do we want to eat it? So what follows are shots of bugs I've shot before, and will probably shoot again. I've tried to make them look interesting, including the use of some Picasa filters. Like my chicken recipes, some are better than others, but it's what I am bringing to the table today.

Green lynx spider
A young Green Lynx spider

Gray Bird nymph
A little green grasshopper

green summer mantid nymph
A little mantid trying to pretend he's invisible.

"A lotta" Bagrada
The Bagradas are back. I didn't see any last year. Well, not here, anyway. I think I saw some in the desert last year.

Bagrada hilaris

Blue-green sharpshooter
Blue-green sharpshooter

sharpshooter hangout

Eucalyptus Leaf Beetles
Eucalyptus leaf beetles mating. Their shells were so pretty. They looked like glazed ceramic.

Eucalyptus Leaf Beetle
Caught this one laying eggs. That was pretty cool.

I wish I could go somewhere new and find some bugs I haven't seen before, but I don't know when that's going to happen. So until then, it will probably be "chicken again" for the foreseeable future.
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9 comments:

  1. But I like your chicken! Great photos and cool bugs! Especially the one laying eggs! Awesome!

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  2. wow...amazing pictures cindy!! especially the eucalyptus beetles caught in the act!!

    i never heard of the straight=shooters?!! they're kind of cool looking...stripes and all!!

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    1. Sharpshooters are in the leaf-hopper family. Most are pretty tiny, but there are many varieties and some are very colorful. I bet you have some out there.

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  3. Make a trip into AZ, but wait for the monsoon or hit some inland dunes in winter? I've been serious about Se AZ bug species since about Aug. 2007, but I am still finding surprising new stuff, also new southern immigrants now.

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    1. Margarethe, my husband has vacation time coming, but has been too busy at work to schedule anything, so where and when we will go are nothing but a big question mark. Your blog, and the amazing variety of bugs and other wildlife you share, definitely make me want to go there, but for now I am living vicariously through your photos!

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  4. By the way, love your Eucalyptus LB photos. I've only found a single specimen way out in Saguaro National Park. No idea why he was out there, but my only Eucalyptus Cerambycid was also miles away from any trees. Makes you wonder...

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  5. Wow! Love that you got a picture of one laying eggs...that is so cool!

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  6. Every time you make wanderfull pictures. Good work

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  7. These may be chicken to you, but more like a ribeye steak to me!!! Great photos...love the blue green sharpshooters...they even have such a cool name!!!

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Reluctantly, I have reinstated the word verification for all comments on this blog. I don't like it any more than you do, but the rate of breakthrough spam was even more annoying. Thanks for understanding.

Cindy

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