A beautiful set Paul, your non-cooperative flash notwithstanding. The colors on that blue beetle are wild.

Impressive series of shots Kurt. Yeah, those pincers look like they might get your attention.

Cool shots. Beautiful specimen.

He chose . . . poorly.


Nice shot, btw.

Beautifully captured. Quite an interesting set of adaptations collected in this group.

Beautiful subject. You got it.

Cool shot. Nicely lit.

Polistes dominula at the Morton Arboretum. http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/2827_morning_macro_03_1.jpg http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/2827_morning_macro_02_1.jpg Not a super close macro, but I'm working on it. Also could have gone for smaller aperture and more depth of ...

Nice. I came across one of these a couple of weeks ago, happily munching on some kind of wasp/bee it had just caught on some goldenrod. Didn't have any close-up gear with me, so all I got were a handfull of mediocre shots with my 70-300VR in low light. (grrrr; very frustrating)

yes, I'm sure that the first one is looking to get much more intimate than just a hug.

Very nice set of images, Kurt. When i see ticks, they're usually sprinting up my pants or shirt looking for a choice place to grab a bite.

A beautiful set of captures Paul. The caterpillar on black is especially artistic.

Superb shots, especially the two spiders!

NikonUser wrote:Incorrect ID's bug me.

Pun intended?

Excellent series of images. I'd expect to see an admin stop by soon to mention that you've exceeded the post limit of images for a single post. See the Posting Guidelines link on the main forum page.

Keep the images coming though, just in more bite size pieces.

getting ready to molt?