Hi Rik: I recall reading someone commenting "you don't miss much". I'll second that. 1. Technique: 105mm AF Micro Nikkor + 4T close-up lens; for dorsal shot a headless insect pin (heads these days are nylon or plastic, easily removed with a match) into ventral thorax but not all the way through (I h...

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/413_LueucaniaMultilinea_1.jpg EDIT: OK, I didn't really expect anyone to actually ID it to species. It's most of the genitalia (just the aedoeagus (penis) missing)) of a male noctuid moth, a "Many-lined Wainscot" ( Leucania multilinea ). The reason for ...

Thanks. I was happy with my tabanid photos until I saw Charles' Horse Fly head - now I have to upgrade and start all over again :( . Eye pattern is essentially consistent within a species, in fact it's reasonably consistent between species. It's the other parts of the face that can be very useful fo...

Birds have been done, so have butterflies, so have dragonflies, and moths are getting there (at least in North America and probably in western Europe). That is, there are field guides with good colour photos of just about every species in these groups. Now it's time to move to the less-illustrated s...

Erland R.N. wrote:Lovely dragonflies.
To me the 3rd look like a female Darter (Sympetrum sp)..........

Erland

A good call, in that case S. semicinctum

Excellent shots. 1st 2 are female Eastern Amberwing Perithemis tenera; not 100% certain of the 3rd but believe it's a female Carolina Saddlebags Tramea carolina.

Epalpus signifer, a reasonably common early-season tachinid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae); this species is a parasitoid of owlet moth caterpillars (Family: Noctuidae)

Hi Rik:
Thanks for your earlier help and welcoming me to the site. This slide is 22 years old, stained simply to increase contrast; not sure why some parts stained more than others.
No, I'm not a frog person but an entomologist with a keen interest in all of nature, and photography.
Tony

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/413_pseudoscorpion_1.jpg Home-made slide prep. (poorly stained!) of a pseudoscorpion. These are small predaceous arachnids that catch prey with their large "pincers" (chelate pedipalps). It's amazing to me that they can catch live insects as the pedipal...

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/413_treefrog_1.jpg Not really a macro photo but posted to show the other species of treefrog found in northeastern North America. Similar to MacroLuv's Hyla arborea HERE ; but quite a bit different from beetleman's Hyla crucifer HERE . This is Gray Tree...

Current project (wife says "Obsession") is to get my MF 105mm Nikon Micro Nikkor to behave like Canon's MP-E 65mm. Best I can do for now is to add a 50mm f1.8 Canon, reversed, onto the 105. Home-made slide prep. of a cat flea, 105mm at f14, 4 images stacked with Helicon Focus: http://www.photomacrog...

Certainly not the best way for a new member, and his first post, to begin with a correction.
This little frog is in fact a Tree Frog (Family: Hylidae). It is a mature Spring Peeper Hyla crucifer; take a look at it's little feet - big pads for clinging.