Thread: Insect images

Olympus E-PL1, 100mm, 1/90, ISO 200

Very cool colors and details.

Here are a couple from my XZ-1 outing at the Dallas Arboretum. This guy just kept hanging around. I was so excited to see him that I didn't think to stop the lens down for better DOF. OOC jpgs with just a slight bit of contrast added, besides the crop.





Thanks for looking,

I went for a walk with the 28/1.9 Ultron today, but also thought to put the KH 57/1.4 in my pocket "just in case" ... which was fortunate. It isn't a macro lens, but it does focus rather close, and it's just long enough ... in a pinch







I'm hoping the grebeman will pop along to identify ...

hexanon again

fly crop by _loupe, on Flickr

Originally Posted by pdh

I went for a walk with the 28/1.9 Ultron today, but also thought to put the KH 57/1.4 in my pocket "just in case" ... which was fortunate. It isn't a macro lens, but it does focus rather close, and it's just long enough ... in a pinch

I'm hoping the grebeman will pop along to identify ...

Hi Paul,

The top 2 are Skipper Butterflies, the distinctly hooked antennae mark them out as Large Skipper, probably female as they lack the dark marked scent gland along the central vein of the forewing that the males possess. The bottom butterfly is a Speckled Wood, a very shade tolerant species that can overwinter as either a larva or a pupa which is a bit unusual.

Barrie

Originally Posted by Otto

Here are a couple from my XZ-1 outing at the Dallas Arboretum. This guy just kept hanging around. I was so excited to see him that I didn't think to stop the lens down for better DOF. OOC jpgs with just a slight bit of contrast added, besides the crop...

What a gorgeous red body or tail or ovipositor(?)!!

Originally Posted by grebeman

The top 2 are Skipper Butterflies,

ah yes ... thank you Barrie ... I posted one of those before which you identified for me ... I think I need to go to one of these here "memory clinics" ...

Originally Posted by BBW

What a gorgeous red body or tail or ovipositor(?)!!

BB,

Whilst I have no idea what species it is, I would suggest that the second picture shows that the extension at the end of the abdomen is made up of two parallel members, hence that would represent the claspers that a male uses to hold the female during mating. Also there is evidence under abdominal segment 3 of the organ used for the temporary holding of sperm in the transfer of that sperm from the male to the female, so not an ovipositor in my opinion.

Barrie

Originally Posted by pdh

ah yes ... thank you Barrie ... I posted one of those before which you identified for me ... I think I need to go to one of these here "memory clinics" ...

Paul, I couldn't possibly comment on that thought

Barrie