Album Bugs

[KODIAK]

 

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[Udink]

Some sort of beetle(?) wrapped up in a spider's silk, in the San Rafael Reef near Temple Wash:

 

[Udink]

A huge spider at Lake Powell near the Dirty Devil:

 

[Desertrat]

Cicada by Desert Woodrat, on Flickr

 

[Desertrat]

Bug by Desert Woodrat, on Flickr

 

[Duke]

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Wow, wait a minute......is this a giant, stuffed to the verge of popping, Canadian tick?

 

[Mack Shaft]

 

[Curt]

I hadn't noticed this thread before. So I thought I'd post a few pictures of a bug I didn't even know existed until a few years ago which are Tiger Beetles. They're quite variable in colors and markings and some species are really beautiful. Typically they like salt flats and sandy or rocky areas. But some species of these bugs are found in jungles and forests. All of these beetles can run pretty fast and all can fly which makes getting close enough to get a picture a challenge. Their size varies a little but mostly they're about 1/2 inch long.

Splendid Tiger Beetle

Green Clay Bank Tiger Beetle

Big Sand Tiger Beetle

Six Spotted Tiger Beetle. This is a forest species. I had to chase it out onto a path to get a picture.

Punctured Tiger Beetle

Salt Creek Tiger Beetle. This is a federally protected species. There's just one little colony of these in the world.

Festive Tiger Beetle

Salt Flat Tiger Beetle

All of the previous pictures were taken in Nebraska where I live. The next one was taken on the trail to Delicate Arch at Arches National Park. There are some salt flats along the trail not to far from the parking lot. I thought it looked like Tiger Beetle habitat and sure enough they were there. This is an Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle.

 

[chandlerwest]

Rainbow Grasshopper. This reminded me of when @Scott Chandler said to us "you didn't tell me NOT to put grasshoppers in the mower gas tank."

 

[Scott Chandler]

For the record, it was never the colorful grasshoppers that ended up in gas tanks, fed to ants, put on dry ice....

It was all in the name of childish scientific observation...

 

[Artemus]

Bad. Scott. Scott Bad. Don't ever do that again....

(pretty bad when your pop dimes you out on your favorite backcountry forum...)

 

[Scott Chandler]

Eh. I'm not ashamed of my childhood fascination with nature, unlike back then when I was bullied by kids and shamed by teacher for it.

 

[IntrepidXJ]

I don't typically take photos of bugs, but my new waterproof camera is supposed to have a good macro mode, so I tried it out on this Yellow Beetle. It seems to work pretty well. http://adventr.co/2019/06/little-grand-canyon-floating-the-san-rafael-river/


Yellow Beetle by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr

 

[Artemus]

I don't typically take photos of bugs, but my new waterproof camera is supposed to have a good macro mode, so I tried it out on this Yellow Beetle. It seems to work pretty well. http://adventr.co/2019/06/little-grand-canyon-floating-the-san-rafael-river/


Yellow Beetle by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr

Very nice! Who is she?

 

[Miya]

I don't typically take photos of bugs, but my new waterproof camera is supposed to have a good macro mode, so I tried it out on this Yellow Beetle. It seems to work pretty well. http://adventr.co/2019/06/little-grand-canyon-floating-the-san-rafael-river/


Yellow Beetle by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr

Sooooooo cute!

 

[IntrepidXJ]

Very nice! Who is she?

Who is who?