a couple more insect photos

[mike_c]

These are two recent insect photos from the Humboldt State University teaching collection. I shot both of these with a Tokina AT X Pro D Macro 100mm f/2.8. The blister beetle photo had a Raynox 150 added to the macro lens.

Ulochaetes leoninus, the long horned lion beetle. Trinity Co. California, 2019.




Lytta nuttalli, Nuttall's blister beetle. McKenzie Co. North Dakota, 2003.



I hope you like them. Full resolution images are at https://mcamann.smugmug.com/Insect-macro-photography .

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I sure do like them, Mike! They are gorgeous.

These are excellent macros. Full of details and great colors.

I can even see the mane on the first one, and I love the iridescent colors of the second one.

Thank you!

[mike_c]

4. Thank you. I love iridescence.

[Hoyt]

2. These and your other posted photos are extraordinary. Amazing.

[mike_c]

5. Thanks!

[eppur_se_muova]

3. Wow, that sure looks like bumblebee mimicry !

"Warning to predators: you don't want to try to eat me !"

[mike_c]

6. Yep. Here's another...

Laphria columbica, a bee mimic robber fly.