A Mixed Trio of Single Photos

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:19 am

Just some single photos of a mixed bag of different insects. The bumble bee is unusual because of the orange color. I remember seeing another specimen years ago and reading something about them being a rare find. Also, this one was dead when I found him in a screened-in porch, so it is a staged photo. The hopper in the third picture I call my "Gumby Hopper". If you are Familiar with the Gumby & Pokey cartoons (actually claymation) of long ago, you will know what I mean. It just looks so blocky and 2 dimensional. Found a link for the Bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, but the info I am finding lists this one as having a northwest range. http://bugguide.net/node/view/111812

Fly
1/60s
F/8
ISO100
Stepped down flash used (-1.5)...slight crop

Bumble Bee with orange
1/200s
F4.5
ISO100

Gumby Hopper
1/60s
F/4.5
ISO100

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:09 am

Nice captures Doug.

Speaking about orange, is that an orange mite on the hopper?

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 3:33 am

Thanks Nikola....I took a closer look at the spot and I cannot tell you what it is but it didn`t look like a mite (sort of looked like lint)

Walter Piorkowski · Post by **Walter Piorkowski** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 10:27 am

That is a very interesting fly Doug. I have never seen anything like it. Same with the grasshopper.
Walt

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 4:14 pm

You know I really like that bee and that has to be the greenist grasshopper I have seen in a while.