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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Nov 23, 2012 - 09:11pm PT
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We have a passion fruit vine that has taken over a fence so we always have a few of these around, but nothing like this year.
Agraulis vanillae
What's with that letter A?
This one even has squadron markings on the wing.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 17, 2013 - 10:46am PT
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I'm so mundane and oh so plain.
How'd you find ME?
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 18, 2013 - 02:05pm PT
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That was a killer comic book cover Mouse.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Apr 18, 2013 - 03:39pm PT
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Reilly that poodle moth may have been from Venezuela, but now I think it lives north of 125th street, drives a Cadillac, and runs a "stable".
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 24, 2013 - 12:24pm PT
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Mohamed Babu from India, captured these amazing pictures last year after his wife noticed that ants turned white when they drank milk.
He dissolved sugar in food colouring solutions of red, green, blue and yellow and then placed them in his garden to attract ants. Some of them even moved between the different solutions, resulting in psychedelic colour combinations.
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2011/08/translucent-ants-photographed-eating-colored-liquids/
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 24, 2013 - 12:43pm PT
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Claude, that's amazing!
I caught these shameless Berkeleyites doing it in plain view at the UC Arboretum!
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 24, 2013 - 12:51pm PT
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The nerve of those two, no respect these days I tell ya.
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weezy
climber
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Apr 24, 2013 - 01:35pm PT
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i love insetcs!
live mantis
dead mantis
butterfly and his proboscis
macro lenses are fun as hell. i advise all photographers to add one to their quiver.
the above photos are from a sigma 105mm (about 135mm on my digital non-full frame camera)
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 24, 2013 - 03:16pm PT
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Good stuff Weezy. I don't have a good camera but enjoy getting real close looks at insects with my spotting scope. I can see very good detail with it, discovered it once while following a bird around and than saw a butterfly that came into view. Was surprised how well it worked for checking out insects.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Apr 24, 2013 - 09:02pm PT
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Apr 24, 2013 - 10:11pm PT
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Guido and buddy Sharkie love roaches........
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Bowser
Social climber
Durango CO
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Apr 24, 2013 - 11:05pm PT
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weezy
climber
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Apr 25, 2013 - 01:58am PT
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that's a really nice photo of the orb spider, bowser. the dark background really highlights the spider and the web.
dirt claud, the spotting scope seems like a great way to view them. it's tricky with a macro lens since you have to get so close to them.
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shady
Trad climber
hasbeen
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Apr 25, 2013 - 12:16pm PT
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 29, 2013 - 05:55pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 29, 2013 - 06:13pm PT
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Some beetle in Anza Borrego...
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10b4me
Ice climber
Soon 2B Arizona
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Cool photos y'all!
Reilly, I've got a pic of those red beetles copulating somewhere. Yes, it IS true!
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MH2
climber
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I saw this last week.
I remembered seeing one during a summer we lived in a botanical garden near St. Louis when I would have been 7 or 8 years old. I remembered the name Velvet Ant and the caution my Dad advised. This one wouldn't sit still for my camera.
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