Birds, what about insects?

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Birds, what about insects?

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What about a few insects as well as Daiv's birds?
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nice damsel fly.
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It was having it's lunch, a spider you can just see it's leg sticking out!

If you like Damselflies, which are like mini Dragonflies but rest with their wings closed, whereas Dragonflies perch with them open like parked aircraft:-
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=D> =D> Absolutely STUNNING pics.. :wink:
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Great idea for a thread! I'll make a point to post my bug pics here too!
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me too. I have a lot of Spider pictures, and many others. :) I am still trying to find an Opuntia bug again to take a good picture for the pests guide. I love insects as well as spiders (which really aren't insects)
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Bugs... I have LOTS of bug pictures :)

Bold Jumping Spider - Wumpy who was kept as a pet for almost a year and she had several "litters" of babies that were released on our garden

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Tutelina elegans

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Monarch caterpillar

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Polyphemus moth caterpillar

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Polyphemus moth

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Mantis

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Hummingbird moth

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Monarch

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Giant Swallowtail

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Great Black Wasp

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Katydid

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You have some amazing bugs where you live! Amazing photography as well!
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wow nice pictures Dust Bunny! :) It's hard to photograph insects and spiders.. (they are almost always moving, and if your camera is bad sometimes they blur)
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Nice pics Dave and dustbunny!

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Awesome pics guys!
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Let me get mine together and I will upload some tonite :)
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OK this isn't an insect, but that rule has already been broken so anyway...

I love finding these little guys. I always let them be to do their thing.
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a psudescorpion?
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Yes - very tiny too
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