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mike_c

(36,333 posts)
Tue Nov 21, 2023, 12:03 AM Nov 2023

Some new insect photos!

I've posted more new photos to my online gallery, including the four displayed below. You can read about them on my blog at https://mcamann.com/some-new-insect-photos/ or you can go directly to my insect photo gallery on Smugmug at https://mcamann.smugmug.com/Photos-for-sale/n-GGknHC/Insect-photo-galleries where you'll find these photos and 150 others in high resolution.

This is Chrysochroa purpureiventris, I think. Check out the blog entry for some discussion of that.


Next is another species in the same genus, Chrysochroa fulgens, the glorious jewel beetle:


This is the invasive planthopper Lycorma delicatula, the spotted lanternfly currently invading the eastern U.S.


And finally, here is the non-insect, Hypocnoctus ranguensis, a whip scorpion or vinegaroon from Myanmar:


You can see these at full resolution at either of the links above. I hope you enjoy them!

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Some new insect photos! (Original Post) mike_c Nov 2023 OP
Very impressive. I enjoy seeing them on film and not on my lanai 😊 Deuxcents Nov 2023 #1
yeah, I hear that sometimes mike_c Nov 2023 #3
Thank you for these awesome photos, my dear mike_c! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2023 #2
I'm glad you enjoyed them! mike_c Nov 2023 #4
exquisitely good Skittles Nov 2023 #5
thank you mike_c Nov 2023 #8
Incredible photos justaprogressive Nov 2023 #6
thanks! mike_c Nov 2023 #9
Amazing, as always. Grumpy Old Guy Nov 2023 #7
thank you! mike_c Nov 2023 #10
wow! amazing work! Gato Moteado Nov 2023 #11

mike_c

(36,333 posts)
3. yeah, I hear that sometimes
Tue Nov 21, 2023, 12:24 AM
Nov 2023

Another one is "These are beautiful! Not that insects are beautiful."

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,106 posts)
2. Thank you for these awesome photos, my dear mike_c!
Tue Nov 21, 2023, 12:22 AM
Nov 2023

Absolutely stunning, every one. The colors and the textures are mind-boggling!



mike_c

(36,333 posts)
4. I'm glad you enjoyed them!
Tue Nov 21, 2023, 12:28 AM
Nov 2023

It's been a while since I posted any, and I've busted out a bunch of new ones. I'm almost getting caught up!

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