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06/22/2008 02:34:45 PM |
i think its a wood beetle .. we have them around where i live in the bush ..
its a great shot & i love the details you have captured ..
this is a shot taken with the 100mm, of a couple of wood beetles having a not so private moment .. !!..:)
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06/06/2008 01:30:19 PM |
yuck
step on it already willya!!?
excellent image from a techinical standpoint but how the heck big is ths thing?
Can you STEP on it??
i love the squish sound you get...
ahh relief
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06/06/2008 08:47:39 AM |
| WOw another fab macro. Just got mine and I have to play around. Got the Sigma 17-70mm macro. |
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06/06/2008 08:25:38 AM |
That is one creepy looking bug, and a very good macro.
Don't weevils wobble but don't fall down? Sorry, I couldn't resist.
For those of you who are too young, there used to be a toy called "Weeble", I believe, and they would wobble but not fall down. Very effective advertising since I still remember it decades later. |
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06/05/2008 09:54:45 PM |
Weevils are often found in dry foods including nuts and seeds, cereal and grain products. In the domestic setting, they are most likely to be observed when opening a bag of flour although they will happily infest most types of grain including oats, barley and breakfast cereals. Their presence is often indicated by the granules of the infested item sticking together in strings, as if caught in a cobweb. If ingested, E. coli infection and other various diseases can be contracted from weevils, depending on their diet.
SERIOUSLY, if you have found one, you need to be very very SURE that there are no more. They can eat their way into anything (we brought them in in a bag of pecans one time) and they WILL multiply like CRAZY. If you find them in ANY of your food, throw it OUT. When you buy new, put flour and sugar and meal in the freezer or in plastic containers and put EVERYTHING else into plastic containers or in the fridge. Cat food, dog food, etc... as well. They are extremely destructive and very dangerous to your health. EDITED TO ADD: I suggest spraying around all of your food pantries, baseboards, and cabinets with a product called Bengal (use the gold cap). It leaves behind an invisible (and harmless to humans AND PETS) barrier that bugs CANNOT cross. They die.
GREAT shot!!!!! He/she looks very creepy but also cuddly in a freaky kinda way.
Message edited by author 2008-06-06 01:59:26. |
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06/04/2008 06:28:17 PM |
It's a cootie! You've got cooties, you've got cooties, you've got cooties... :-P
That's definitely a bizarre looking friend you've got there. Excellent sharpness and detail! |
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06/04/2008 10:24:32 AM |
| Very cool bug! Nice detail. |
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06/04/2008 08:38:35 AM |
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06/04/2008 06:52:59 AM |
| Great shot! Did he stay still for you? That seems to be the hardest thing to accomplish with that 100mm. |
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06/04/2008 05:25:14 AM |
| The POV on this and the next is fantastic |
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06/04/2008 03:03:58 AM |
Originally posted by datcat:
I think its a weevil,
Nice macro, love his whiskas. Kinda cute eh? |
Hey, you were right. I found out it is a Polydrusus Mollis.... a weevil. |
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06/04/2008 01:01:51 AM |
| WOW..... Kind of weird looking but a great macro..... |
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06/03/2008 11:08:27 PM |
I think its a weevil,
Nice macro, love his whiskas. Kinda cute eh? |
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06/03/2008 10:12:45 PM |
Ok when I saw the thumbnail, I thought "WHAT in God's name??" and then I opened up the image and thought "WHAT in God's name??"
The pic is techo perfecto! But the "thing" needs some scale - is his head bigger than a horses head? |
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