Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Wednesday Potpourri - Bugs

I know I saw more bugs since I got my camera but since I've met (Joan the bug lady) more are coming around. Click on any of the photos to get more detail.

This was a very small butterfly that I found at Tinkers Creek State Park. It has such great markings for a tiny thing. This is a Common Cabbage White I found in my yard.
This is a small American Copper from my yard.
The little tiny spider on the deck.
This is even a smaller one that matches the deck quite well.
I saw this is a wasp I saw when taking some flower photos.
This is a Tiger Beetle from the Kent Bog. It has that fluorescent green color plus some great spots. This is the closest I will ever come to seeing a real tiger in the wild except for Thomas on his T&S Site. Check it out for great wildlife photos.
Hope you enjoyed getting up close and personal with all the insects.

23 comments:

George said...

What a great bug collection. I hope you keep them coming.

imac said...

Have you been Bugged Tom.lol.
Great pics and post

NCmountainwoman said...

Nope. Not a bug person. But still I admire your beautiful photographs.

Shelley said...

I'm glad you identified all these for us! Great shots! Always love butterflies! Yuck to the spiders! (I am running away screaming from them....)

Betsy Banks Adams said...

Hi Tom, I love seeing your bug collection---but you can keep it in Ohio...

My sons used to bring all kinds of bugs in the house when they were little. Yipes!!!!

Betsy

Twisted Fencepost said...

You must have a really good zoom lens. Cause I know you didn't get down on your hands and knees to get those great shots. tee hee

SAPhotographs (Joan) said...

LOL!! Naturally my eye caught the "bugs" part in your heading. :) A beautiful collection Tom That is a beautiful Six-spot Tiger there. Love the butterflies and the little spiders too. Thank one blends in so nicely with the background.

Anonymous said...

great photo's! What a neat collection you have going...hope more come your way!

Rose said...

I enjoyed these...have seen that tiger beetle before but never knew what it was called.

Ruth's Photo Blog said...

Great shots of these criters.
Blessings,Ruth

Unknown said...

Love the small subjects!

Rajesh said...

Nice collection of colorful butterflies.

Tom said...

Excellent stuff my friend... I see you are really getting the hang of the macro setting.. the drops of water are stunning.

Willard said...

Hi Tom,

A super series of macro-shots. I especially like the shot of The American Copper. They are beautiful butterflies.

Lanny said...

The world of bugs is a fascinating one for sure!

Unknown said...

Great shots!! I saw one of the white ones just yesterday!!

Pietro Brosio said...

What beautiful and interesting images, Fishing Guy!
I very much like the butterflies and the other bugs too.

Tipper said...

Love the bugs. Yesterday one of my girls brought me a frog to see-then a beautiful colored moth.

Unknown said...

Beautiful images Tom and thank you for the link to my blog. It is thanks to friends like you that my blog's becoming popular day by day. Appreciate your support and wishes.

Have a great weekend...Thomas

Adrienne Zwart said...

Great shots! That green tiger beetle is striking. It makes me wonder why he is so brightly colored.

storyteller's other blog said...

Marvelous macros ;--)
Hugs and blessings,

SandyCarlson said...

No bugging out on us!

Mary said...

You are getting as "buggy" as Joan :-) I like the butterflies best.