Bugs 'n' Stuff

SteveEveritt
Posted 25/04/2011 - 22:22 Link
Shot some bugs around the garden today, then had a bonus as SWMBO got ready for bed... a huge house spider in the bath. Took one shot of it with just the 31mm tube and the 50mm to get him/her all in the frame, then took another with the full 65mm of tubes to get a full face shot. The only problem with that one was I could then see the size of his/her fangs WOW! I would normally scoop them up with my hand and toss them out of the window... never again!!!

1. Cranefly
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2. Green Aphid
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3. Striped Aphid
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4. Ant
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5. Weevil
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6. Ant dragging alive mozzy(?) back to the nest
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7. Honey bee
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And finally a couple of that huge spider

8. With 31mm of tubes on the 50mm
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9. Then a closeup of the face with the full 65mm of tubes ... and those fangs eek!
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doingthebobs
Posted 25/04/2011 - 22:57 Link
Great Pictures!
Bob
coker
Posted 25/04/2011 - 23:00 Link
Great set, Steve!
And doesn't that weavil look cheesed-off?!!

Roger.
The more I look, the more there is to see!
Edited by coker: 25/04/2011 - 23:00
mudge
Posted 25/04/2011 - 23:37 Link
Impressive shots!
mudge
SteveEveritt
Posted 26/04/2011 - 18:32 Link
Thanks guys ...
Gareth ... scary too
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i-Berg
Posted 27/04/2011 - 12:25 Link
coker wrote:
Great set, Steve!
And doesn't that weavil look cheesed-off?!!

Roger.
He does too!

The bee takes it for me Steve.
thoughton
Posted 27/04/2011 - 13:13 Link
That weevil is excellent! Very nicely done.
Tim
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