I always enjoy getting out and taking some pictures of bugs, so I was very happy that during the weekend we had a brief respite from the rain so I could get out and photograph. The frustrating thing with insect photography is figuring out what I took pictures of afterwards. Despite the fact that most [...]
I must admit that sometimes I really wish I had chosen birds over insects. Sure, birds can be more difficult to find - or at least more difficult to find a great variety of them. However, consider this. There are somewhere between 9,800 to 10,050 known species of birds in the world. According to [...]
I mentioned in a previous post that I found a strange new insect when photographing this weekend. I picked up a bag of dirt and found some interesting things underneath to shoot. As I was above to coax a millipede onto a white sheet of paper, I noticed something tiny moving in the dirt. I [...]
Most of my insect shots come from my back yard, where I often walk around picking up objects and seeing what I could find. One recent day, I was rather excited to find this interesting little bugger.
At first I thought it was a type of earwig as they look somewhat similar.
This dead earwig was found [...]