Kevin Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) Now that I have a camera that does so much better on bugs I am going to need y'all's expert bug identifying advise. ? Also will some one please explain to spell check that y'all's is a word around here? Dragonfly? Edited July 31, 2021 by Kevin 5 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) Edited July 31, 2021 by Kevin 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kevin Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 The garden spider again. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Brain Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Kevin said: Now that I have a camera that does so much better on bugs I am going to need y'all's expert bug identifying advise. ? Also will some one please explain to spell check that y'all's is a word around here? Dragonfly? I don't think it would do any good to try to explain anything to spell check! From some of the results I've seen on here from spell check taking over, I think it's pretty hopeless!!! And yes, I agree with @Kevin , y'all's is a word. I've been using it all my life!! ☺️ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Friedman Posted July 31, 2021 Author Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Kevin said: Now that I have a camera that does so much better on bugs I am going to need y'all's expert bug identifying advise. ? Also will some one please explain to spell check that y'all's is a word around here? Dragonfly? Male Widow Skimmer, American Rubyspot (a damselfly) I think, and female Common Whitetail (which I always have to look up to tell them from female Twelve-spotted Skimmers). That's a very cute spider. Edited July 31, 2021 by Jerry Friedman 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 2 hours ago, Bird Brain said: I don't think it would do any good to try to explain anything to spell check! From some of the results I've seen on here from spell check taking over, I think it's pretty hopeless!!! And yes, I agree with @Kevin , y'all's is a word. I've been using it all my life!! ☺️ That's auto correct. Spell check is what gives you the red squiggly line underneath the words. It just telling you it thinks it is spelled wrong it does not change it though. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Jerry Friedman said: Male Widow Skimmer, American Rubyspot (a damselfly) I think, and female Common Whitetail (which I always have to look up to tell them from female Twelve-spotted Skimmers). That's a very cute spider. Thank you very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Brain Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Kevin said: That's auto correct. Spell check is what gives you the red squiggly line underneath the words. It just telling you it thinks it is spelled wrong it does not change it though. Oh, OK. Shows you how up to date I am!! Yeah, I have the red squiggly line, but I don't have auto correct. I can make enough mistakes on my own without the help of auto correct to make things worse!! Edited July 31, 2021 by Bird Brain 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, Bird Brain said: Oh, OK. Shows you how up to date I am!! Yeah, I have the red squiggly line, but I don't have auto correct. I can make enough mistakes on my own without the help of auto correct to make things worse!! Exactly! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitch58 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Hummingbird Moth Needham's Skimmer 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 4 hours ago, stitch58 said: Hummingbird Moth Needham's Skimmer Love the hummingbird moth especially. Did it land or is your camera just that good? If it did land how long to you have to wait for it to land? I have only seen a couple of moths in the hummingbird family but dang they don't land. Especially, not long enough to get a photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Ornate Bella Moth 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Clip said: Love the hummingbird moth especially. Did it land or is your camera just that good? If it did land how long to you have to wait for it to land? I have only seen a couple of moths in the hummingbird family but dang they don't land. Especially, not long enough to get a photo. It is flying, I don't see how I could be perched like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 3 hours ago, Kevin said: It is flying, I don't see how I could be perched like that. I don't know I think I see feet touching down. We'll have to wait to see what @stitch58has to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitch58 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 12 hours ago, Clip said: Love the hummingbird moth especially. Did it land or is your camera just that good? If it did land how long to you have to wait for it to land? I have only seen a couple of moths in the hummingbird family but dang they don't land. Especially, not long enough to get a photo. 9 hours ago, Kevin said: It is flying, I don't see how I could be perched like that. 6 hours ago, Clip said: I don't know I think I see feet touching down. We'll have to wait to see what @stitch58has to say. Thanks! It was still flying although I think it was using it's front legs to hold itself in place since it was a bit breezy. I was using a shutter speed of 1/2000 sec. to freeze things up but even with that I still had to take lots of shots just to get a few usable ones. Between the breeze blowing the flowers around & the moths moving it was tough getting the focus right. Luckily this place had probably close to a hundred of them, most I've ever seen in one area! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 11 hours ago, stitch58 said: Thanks! It was still flying although I think it was using it's front legs to hold itself in place since it was a bit breezy. I was using a shutter speed of 1/2000 sec. to freeze things up but even with that I still had to take lots of shots just to get a few usable ones. Between the breeze blowing the flowers around & the moths moving it was tough getting the focus right. Luckily this place had probably close to a hundred of them, most I've ever seen in one area! Excellent photo of a moth not easy to get photos of! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 On 6/25/2021 at 6:36 AM, Clip said: My husband and I were killing some time yesterday late afternoon and stopped at a nearby birding hot spot. As you can probably tell I never just bird. Any way I spotted what I thought might be a Tiger Beetle it flew but then this one caught my eye. It did not fly but it did not hold still either and unlike most of the tiger beetles I encounter it moved into cover. I got these not great photos. I do not have a book for iding Tiger Beetles as I'm not willing to spend $80.00 for one. I looked around online a bit without finding a match. I'm not even sure this is a Tiger Beetle. Does any one here have an idea what it might be? Taken in NE Florida. I found the id for this Tiger Beetle. Meet: Megacephala carolina This: https://www.insectidentification.org/ is not where I found my id for this Tiger Beetle but I happened across it this morning and I liked it. I have a feeling I will be visiting it often. I'm sharing it here because I have another feeling that others here may like it as well. It seems pretty user friendly and geared towards the casual observer of bugs. It doesn't look to be as comprehensive as say BugGuide but it does look to be more user friendly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heme42 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Guessing either a Crossline skipper or Little glassywing? Alabama 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 I never see a hummingbird moth little lone two! It rained this morning(Which is absolutely crazy!), so it was very humid so my camera really wanted to fog up bad. Nessus Sphinx (Amphion floridensis) 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Western Tiger Beetle Variegated Meadowhawk 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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heme42 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Gray hairstreak 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlowerShooter Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 She has been living just outside the office window and has enjoyed a variety of bug meals. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Friedman Posted August 8, 2021 Author Share Posted August 8, 2021 (edited) Female fruit fly (Tephritidae sp.) Wasp sp. (maybe Sphecidae? Prionyx?) Male Rocky Mountain Parnassian and digger wasp sp Edited August 8, 2021 by Jerry Friedman 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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