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Post by swimswithtrout on Oct 3, 2016 16:26:59 GMT -8
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foxalo
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Post by foxalo on Oct 3, 2016 17:47:48 GMT -8
LOVE these pictures!
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Post by Coolkat on Oct 4, 2016 15:56:05 GMT -8
If you're prepared, that's all the time you need, but if you have the patience and figure out their feeding pattern flight routine, you'll find they sometimes stop for 3-5 sec, an eternity... I'll keep this tip in mind.
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Post by amaruq on Oct 13, 2016 4:54:16 GMT -8
Any tips on shooting them in flight?
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Post by JRinGeorgia on Oct 23, 2016 17:19:28 GMT -8
Walking stick. On the AT in north Ga last month, in the morning was ready to break camp and would have rolled this guy up in the tent if my daughter had not spotted him.
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Post by Coolkat on Feb 5, 2017 12:48:49 GMT -8
In the past during my winter hikes I've always wondered what these tiny bugs were. They make the snow look dirty but if you get close and examine them you'll see these things moving. They are super tiny. Well I have a newer camera that has a nice macro on. So I set it down on the snow with the lens about 2 inches from the snow and turned up the macro to about 12x. msue.anr.msu.edu/news/the_winter_season_highlights_snow_fleasIt appears they are also called SpringTails.
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Post by Coolkat on Mar 9, 2017 8:33:42 GMT -8
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Post by foxalo on Mar 9, 2017 8:42:19 GMT -8
I'd say it's a beetle.
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Post by Coolkat on Mar 9, 2017 8:44:16 GMT -8
LOL.. ok well you got me there. I guess I was thinking of more specifics.
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Post by foxalo on Mar 9, 2017 9:01:11 GMT -8
How big is it? I'm at work, so I don't have my field guides handy, or I'd try to figure it out for you. Same goes for the wildflowers in the other thread. I love trying to figure these kind of things out.
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Post by Coolkat on Mar 9, 2017 9:31:54 GMT -8
I'd say it was about the size of a dime.
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Post by foxalo on Mar 9, 2017 13:59:41 GMT -8
My best guess would be a type of darkling beetle from the Eusattus genus. Eusattus reticulata possibly?
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Post by Coolkat on Mar 10, 2017 7:33:16 GMT -8
If you say so. I'll believe you. Here is another insect from the same trip. I took the picture because of the color. He was a fast little critter and I was lucky to get this good of a pic of it.
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Post by foxalo on Mar 10, 2017 8:31:47 GMT -8
That's some type of ant. Again, I'm at work and can't look it up as easily. Hairy insects are always kind of cool.
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Post by Coolkat on Mar 10, 2017 8:48:11 GMT -8
If that was an ant it was a huge ant. Much larger than a carpenter ant.
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