ID: two bugs and a Butterfly (no spiders)

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Pentax

08/10/2006 01:30:26 AM · #1

I need help identifying these critters. I did some looking, but I'm not finding what these guys are...

These are all straight from the camera....

Message edited by author 2006-08-10 01:30:39.

Artyste

Sony Ericsson W810i

08/10/2006 01:31:51 AM · #2

I really think the last one is a June Bug.

08/10/2006 01:37:35 AM · #3

Originally posted by Artyste:

I really think the last one is a June Bug.

Thanks! I looked at some june bugs, but the bodies don't seem to match. The bodies of june bugs seem to be shorter and fatter. The guy in the picture has a more elongated body (I don't have a better body pic to post)

08/10/2006 09:42:33 AM · #4

anyone else?

08/10/2006 10:43:24 AM · #5

The last one...

Is that sitting on someones knee? Its huge! Anyway, it looks like some kind of grasshopper to me.

The middle one...

might be some kind of longhorn.

The first one...

I only looked at the thumbnail for this one, but it might be lorquins admiral.

Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX Aspherical DF for Nikon

08/10/2006 10:50:21 AM · #6

Originally posted by fencekicker:

it's actually sitting on someone's knuckle on their hand. Not quite as big as you thought!

The middle one is solid black, so I don't know if it's a longhorn. It looks like a borer beetle, and the butterfly is a white admiral. Thanks for the help! i appreciate it

Any more help for the last one?

ETA: Hmm, middle one could be a longhorn of some type.

These were all taken in Quebec, Canada

Thanks, fencekicker!

Message edited by author 2006-08-10 11:13:23.

rami

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

08/10/2006 10:59:30 AM · #7

what lens did ya shoot the butterfly with

Apple iPhone

08/10/2006 11:04:46 AM · #8

The last one looks like a type of grasshopper... the middle one i dunno and the butterfly i already gave you a page on it :D

08/10/2006 11:08:39 AM · #9

Butterfly was shot with my 80-200 2.8 (love that lens!)

Last one looks like a grashopper, but you can see its hind legs don't look like most grasshopper hind legs (unless someone can correct me)...

Thanks Di!

Message edited by author 2006-08-10 11:13:02.

08/10/2006 11:13:31 AM · #10

The last one still looks like a grasshopper to me. Those back legs look like hopping legs (although not well developed) and the body structure looks about right. The mouth parts are out of focus, so I can't really be certain. It might be a grasshopper that hasn't yet fully matured (especially since it was so small). Was it hopping around?

Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital

08/10/2006 11:14:52 AM · #11

Originally posted by fencekicker:

It was shown to me on the hand, and then when we tried to get it onto a railing, it flew (not hopped) away. Let me see if I can find a better one for it's head. I hadn't thought about it being a juvenile

Bugzeye

08/10/2006 11:17:58 AM · #12

The first one looks like a moth to me. the second one looks sort of like a cricket, the third looks nothing like the June Bugs that live around here. Wrong shape and color however the Junebugs around here can be nearly 2 inches long, So the size is close.

Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital

08/10/2006 11:18:01 AM · #13

Here's another one of it's head straight on...

Bugzeye

08/10/2006 11:20:15 AM · #14

I believe some grasshoppers can fly. at least for short distances.

[quote] It was shown to me on the hand, and then when we tried to get it onto a railing, it flew (not hopped) away. Let me see if I can find a better one for it's head. I hadn't thought about it being a juvenile [/quote]

08/10/2006 11:28:22 AM · #15

Some grasshoppers have wings. Did it fly far? did it sorta hop and fly? I'm thinking that most winged grasshoppers only have long enough wings to fly when they are mature, but I could be wrong... I'm not a bug guru. Also, its my understanding that when grasshoppers migrate in mass that they metamorphize (is that a word?) into locusts to travel great distances, so nearly all grasshopper species have the potential to have winged forms. Again, I could be wrong about this.

08/10/2006 11:31:09 AM · #16

From what I can see of the mouth parts, they look right for a grasshopper.

08/10/2006 11:31:41 AM · #17

Hehe, I know grasshoppers can fly. I suppose I should have clarified that. It flew a relatively long distance away. If I recall, it was a noisy flyer as well.

The other reason I wonder if it's a greasshopper is the guy almost has a snout type protrusion on its head (see original pic), as opposed to the flat front face you often see on grasshoppers.

I'm not a bug person either, which is why I was hoping you guys could help me. I appreciate the help so far!

08/10/2006 11:39:30 AM · #18

could you see what color/pattern the wings were when it flew?