Ambush Bug!

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:25 pm

Poor little guy, looks like you know what?

Well I finally ditched my aged Photo Impact 6 software for Adobe PS Elements 4.0 Still having a bit of a time with it but I'm getting there. This little moth was my first shot at using PhotoShop. I always heard or read that the first time one uses PhotoShop it can be a pain, being used to Photo Impact 6 and its very user friendly format, I can understand why but I think I am going to get to like PS Elements

Canon Rebel XT
1/200 sec. @ f/6.3 ISO 100
430EX Canon Speedlite (-2/3)
EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Canon Macro USM

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:56 pm

I don't know Ken... think you've got yourself a cool looking ambush bug there.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/132

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:00 pm

Very nice shot Ken. What you have here is an ambush bug, Order Hemiptera - True Bugs.....Family Phymatidae. They mostly wait around on flowers ready to pounce on anything they can suck the juice out of. Cute little critters

You can just see the front legs on yours, they are like praying mantis forelegs, designed to snap out and hold on to their prey. http://bugguide.net/node/view/16518/bgimage (yours is not as prickly) Charles...you beat me to it by a few minutes

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:08 pm

LIB (Southern for: "Well I Be") Looked like some kind of tiny moth to me. My eyes are getting old I guess. Looks as though I will have to change the title of the post. Thanks guys!