"This is Your Bug..."

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:34 pm

"This is your bug on drugs..."

EOS 20D
Manual mode/hand held
1/250 sec. @ f/10 ISO 400
Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 macro
Onboard flash
Afternoon, in shade

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 5:34 pm

That is a very unusual pose-picture for a cranefly Ken. Usually the pictures are from the top or the side. I think that is why this guy looks so strange looking IMO. A nice and different picture Ken.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 5:56 pm

Yeah it is a bit unsual for a Cranefly. This one was perched in the honeysuckle at the edge of the yard, so it made it easy to get an underneath shot. Thanks Doug

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:06 pm

Hhmm, let's see -- legs going one way, head cocked the other, both antennae slewed off to one side and stuck under one leg?!

Somehow I don't think it's just viewing from underneath that makes this critter look like he's been dipping into the overripe fruit & magic mushroom cocktail.

Nicely shot, Ken!

--Rik

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:53 pm

Not really sure as to what this insect had on or in its mind Rik but it really looked strange when I came across it. At first I thought it was trapped in a spiders web and that the spider had gotten to it and had given it a good bite

but closer examination concluded that there was no evidence of a spider having been the reason for the odd appearance of this Cranefly. It appeared also to be still alive but very disoriented, maybe a spider had gotten to it, who knows. I have seen a few of the crawlers about here of late, though they were rather small ones.

Thanks Rik.

crotermund · Post by **crotermund** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:26 pm

This is a fun pic, Ken. It does have a kind of psychedelic vibe to it. The blurred out green honeysuckle leaves make it work well. I like the curvature of the antennae almost as if he might be perched in the wind. It also looks like his front right leg is broken.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 2:42 am

You know Craig, from the awkwards appearance of this thing, I was thinking also that it may have suffered a bird strike. A near miss so to speak and now crippled up, is resting in the honeysuckle.

Thanks Craig