Where do you live to encounter a bug like that, at the zoo or a tropical rain forest?
Where do you live to encounter a bug like that, at the zoo or a tropical rain forest?
adelaide, australia.
I got home and my 80 year old neighbour came in and said "look what i found on our grapefruit tree".
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Woah! Dr Croubie, with you being an Aussie.. I DEMAND more insect macros! [] I've heard you guys have some wild bugs crawling around down there.. like this guy. We don't have anything quite like that here in Utah. Very strange and exotic to me.
I've done some digging, and it's called Extatosoma Tiatarum, and they are endemic to Australia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extatosoma_tiaratum says they're only meant to be from up north in Queensland, so maybe this one was (descended from) an escaped pet...
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"I'm a scorpion!"
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Guy knows his quality lenses, he didn't go near the niftyfifty when I was taking shots using the L..
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Also, for more weird bugs, check out these guys. We always called them "spitfires" as kids, and I thought they were caterpillars from moths or butterflies. Turns out that they're the grubs of sawflies, family Pergidae (related to wasps and ants), and they do indeed spit out some nasty chemicals to warn off things that might eat them. Always gotta be careful about walking underneath them, but then again you can't look up to see where they are or a dropbear will get you. Man this is a dangerous country to live in.
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And for no artistic merit, this is just to show what they can do in larger numbers (although that's nothing compared to some 'swarms' i've seen as a kid). This particular shot was in a eucalypt tree in a playground, directly over the swing set...
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What an interesting assortment of weird and wonderful creatures. Great shots everyone.
Here are some of the flora and fauna from my back garden today:
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1D Mark IV, EF180mm f/3.5L Macro USM, 1/125s, f/22, ISO 200, Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX Flash
1D Mark IV, EF180mm f/3.5L Macro USM, 1/40s, f/22, ISO 200, Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX Flash
1D Mark IV, EF180mm f/3.5L Macro USM, 1/200s, f/16, ISO 400, Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX Flash
Last edited by Andy Stringer; 11-12-2011 at 11:23 PM.
*knock at the door*
"What do you want to do with this creature?"
"Ok, i'll get my camera back out..."
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Who asked for more weird Australian bugs? No idea what it is, best I can think of is a Jewel Bug, family Scutelleridae. Forget my last comment from the birds i just posted, this is the lowest keeper rate i've ever had, this one shot is the best I could get. He wouldn't keep still, even iso400, 1/160s at f5 couldn't keep him in focus or still long enough, then once i upped it to iso800, 1/100s, f9 for more DOF i threw them all out, and he was in bright sunshine too. I gotta get a proper ringflash...
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