Day 4 : jump rope Ant style
by ShutterPug

Comment by GinaRothfels:
Great macro. Generally speaking I'm not too bothered about ants ever since I sat in the bath watching some of them revive another ant who had almost drowned. It was one of the most remarkable things I've ever experienced.

Day 6 @ 100mm
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Comment by Art Roflmao:
I swore I would have to stop looking at your pics or the desire for that lens would consume me. :/

Another terrific image!

Day 5 @ 100mm
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Comment by annig:
ok, officially informing DPC of your name change to shutterBUG

beautiful yellow color and the detail is natch in that bug..

squish

Just for Ken....
by ShutterPug

Comment by annig:
oh my gosh..you have more! next thing you'll be showing us pics of the D-con man...

that is an amazing macro-look at the way the little snout curls under...good for sucking your blood I bet
and i think you can step on it now!! :)

Day 4 @ 100mm
by ShutterPug

Comment by annig:
yuck
step on it already willya!!?

excellent image from a techinical standpoint but how the heck big is ths thing?
Can you STEP on it??

i love the squish sound you get...

ahh relief

Day 4 @ 100mm
by ShutterPug

Comment by Jutilda:
WOw another fab macro. Just got mine and I have to play around. Got the Sigma 17-70mm macro.

...V...
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Comment by Denise:
Great colors and detail. Great capture.

Day 4 @ 100mm
by ShutterPug

Comment by Ken:
That is one creepy looking bug, and a very good macro.

Don't weevils wobble but don't fall down? Sorry, I couldn't resist.
For those of you who are too young, there used to be a toy called "Weeble", I believe, and they would wobble but not fall down. Very effective advertising since I still remember it decades later.

Just for Ken....
by ShutterPug

Comment by TCGuru:
Uh oh. SQUISH IT!!!!!!! Find the other one and SQUISH IT TOO!!! I love the scale though. You could send this to a university or something :) I want that lens!

Day 4 @ 100mm
by ShutterPug

Comment by TCGuru:
Weevils are often found in dry foods including nuts and seeds, cereal and grain products. In the domestic setting, they are most likely to be observed when opening a bag of flour although they will happily infest most types of grain including oats, barley and breakfast cereals. Their presence is often indicated by the granules of the infested item sticking together in strings, as if caught in a cobweb. If ingested, E. coli infection and other various diseases can be contracted from weevils, depending on their diet.

SERIOUSLY, if you have found one, you need to be very very SURE that there are no more. They can eat their way into anything (we brought them in in a bag of pecans one time) and they WILL multiply like CRAZY. If you find them in ANY of your food, throw it OUT. When you buy new, put flour and sugar and meal in the freezer or in plastic containers and put EVERYTHING else into plastic containers or in the fridge. Cat food, dog food, etc... as well. They are extremely destructive and very dangerous to your health. EDITED TO ADD: I suggest spraying around all of your food pantries, baseboards, and cabinets with a product called Bengal (use the gold cap). It leaves behind an invisible (and harmless to humans AND PETS) barrier that bugs CANNOT cross. They die.

GREAT shot!!!!! He/she looks very creepy but also cuddly in a freaky kinda way.

Message edited by author 2008-06-06 01:59:26.