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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: AndrewKulin on August 04, 2011, 11:33:27 pm

Title: Insect Macros
Post by: AndrewKulin on August 04, 2011, 11:33:27 pm

Up at my brother-in-law's cottage this weekend I played around with some macro shooting (Kawarthas, between Peterborough and Bancroft, Ontario).  Enjoy.  

And if anyone can name the species in these photos I'd be much obliged.  The only one I am confident I have identified is the White-Faced Meadowhawk Dragonfly (Sympetrum obtrusum) - 3rd photo.

The first one is a wasp or hornet looking at it head on.  And there are two photos of what are actually called Harvestman, commonly called Daddy Long legs in Ontario (it's what i thought they were called until I started reading up on them).  Apparently there is upwards of 6,500 species of these things (Opiliones) world-wide.

Title: Re: Insect Macros
Post by: wolfnowl on August 05, 2011, 04:05:57 pm

Andrew:  The first one's going to be impossible to identify from that angle.  As to the 'daddy long legs', try http://bugguide.net  You can upload images for ID there.

Mike.