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by **Commander Clint** Tue Aug 25, 2015 4:32 pm

Love the picture of the Cicada

They are singing here all summer long. cheers

by **pattejan** Tue Aug 25, 2015 4:50 pm

Awesome pics James! I love them!

by **chris.75** Tue Aug 25, 2015 5:05 pm

great pics Jim, that Cicada looks like a giant flying cockroach!!

I was given a new macro lens for my birthday, but other than sw figure pics, I have not had much chance to get outside and use it yet.
But I did take this one of a wasp the other day, I rescued him from my beer, so while he was drying off, I quickly grabbed the camera.
Unfortunately I had it on manual settings at the time, when I should of had it on sport setting or a faster shutter speed, so it came out a bit blurred, but its still ok I think.
I should improve as i get to play around with it a bit more Smile

by **ourchickenshack** Tue Aug 25, 2015 5:13 pm

Fantastic pic Chris clapping

He looks like he is hung over drunken

by **ourchickenshack** Wed Aug 26, 2015 3:35 pm

Whitetail Dragonfly ...

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Female :

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by **ourchickenshack** Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:42 pm

Here's another unusual visitor to our garden called a Red Spotted Purple Butterfly ...

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They are fairly large and have about a 3 to 4 inch wingspan What a Face

by **chris.75** Thu Aug 27, 2015 6:43 pm

Beautiful pics Jim clapping

by **Commander Clint** Thu Aug 27, 2015 10:37 pm

Nice visitor to your garden. clapping

by **ourchickenshack** Wed Sep 09, 2015 10:42 pm

I finally get to show some legal porn here cheers

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Found this lovely couple today ...

I believe they are called Wheel Bugs and are part of the Assassin Bug family scratch

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They are pretty big insects - about 1 1/2 " long What a Face

They are known to have a vicious bite Twisted Evil

by **Dr Dengar** Thu Sep 10, 2015 2:46 pm

Some impressing looking bugs. Thanks for sharing, James. Very Happy

And these bite as well? Scary!

by **Commander Clint** Thu Sep 10, 2015 3:14 pm

James, Awesome bugs. clapping

I don't think we have anything like that up here in the north.

by **ourchickenshack** Thu Sep 10, 2015 4:56 pm

Thanks Guys cheers

Dr Dengar wrote:And these bite as well? Scary!

I have never been bit by one but I found out while researching that they use their beak to catch there prey and won't hesitate to stab a person with it either ...

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I am guessing that their beak is close to 1/4 " long eek

Here's a little info if anyone is interested :

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Although they are probably fairly common here in Oklahoma I have rarely seen them What a Face

by **cantina_patron** Thu Sep 10, 2015 9:11 pm

You certainly get some cool bugs in your garden James. As someone who is into the weird and wonderful side of nature, I'd love to find things like this in my garden, unfortunately we don't get many exciting beasties in the UK. Those we do get tend to be rare. Crying or Very sad

by **ourchickenshack** Fri Sep 25, 2015 7:42 pm

Here's a Giant Swallowtail Butterfly ...

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Apparently these are the biggest species of Butterfly found in North America What a Face

and here's a Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly ...

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and just a odd looking Zinia ...

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by **cantina_patron** Fri Sep 25, 2015 8:02 pm

I don't know James, you keep getting all these beautiful butterflies & cool bugs in you garden, and the only thing I've seen recently is this rather small & unspectacular moth. Rolling Eyes

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by **ourchickenshack** Fri Sep 25, 2015 8:12 pm

That little moth looks very cool to me Steve cheers

He has such a unique and odd shape that I really like him yay

I can't say that I have seen one like it before Cool

Here's a big ole Grasshopper ...

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Certainly nothing uncommon or spectacular but I thought the pic turned out pretty decent lol!

by **cantina_patron** Fri Sep 25, 2015 8:23 pm

The picture looks great! clapping

My Leopard Gecko is licking her lips as I type (I'd better give her a locust). cheeky

The moth is known as a 'plume' moth (Emmelina monodactyla) It has a wing span of about an 1" & the larvae feed on bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).

by **ourchickenshack** Wed Sep 30, 2015 5:39 pm

Here's some more attempts at taking pics of a spider at night ...

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Pretty crappy photos I know but I thought they were still kind of cool afro

by **Commander Clint** Wed Sep 30, 2015 5:51 pm

Great try at getting the night pictures. clapping

In the pictures without the flash, the spider glows a bit. Like it's radioactive. Maybe you should let it bite you. lol!

by **ourchickenshack** Wed Sep 30, 2015 6:06 pm

Commander Clint wrote:Great try at getting the night pictures.

In the pictures without the flash, the spider glows a bit. Like it's radioactive. Maybe you should let it bite you.

I already did What a Face

I was trying to keep it secret but , since the cat is out of the bag , I'll let you guys see my new secret identity ...

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by **Commander Clint** Wed Sep 30, 2015 6:12 pm

LMAO.

by **chris.75** Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:20 pm

Hahahaha ya daft arse cheeky

by **ourchickenshack** Wed Sep 30, 2015 9:24 pm

Thanks guys What a Face

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by **ourchickenshack** Wed Oct 14, 2015 6:03 pm

So the other night I was doing a little late night painting and this little moth landed on my paint wiping paper towel ...
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Seeing them from a distance is far from impressive but I was amazed at the coloring when I saw the up close pics What a Face

by **ChristianC** Sun Oct 18, 2015 4:04 pm

Wow! Beautiful mate.

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