miserable, arrogant old bat ([info]cottonmanifesto) wrote,
2010-06-15 07:10:00

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i went to lost pond to take pictures of tiny things before dog walking yesterday and i was disappointed that i didn't see another one of those funky leaf hoppers but all was ok after i found this pair on raspberry bushes right in front of the house.






some kind of slime mold - a land anemone!


mmm poison honey.


a velvet mite! i love them.




Tags: 365 pictures 2010, bugs, lost pond, macro

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[info]deathling

June 15 2010, 11:22:13 UTC 1 year ago

I love those red n green leaf hoppers! I used to catch them in the grass all the time when I was a kiddo.

[info]urb_banal

June 15 2010, 11:52:04 UTC 1 year ago

wow, thanks for these

[info]photosanity

June 15 2010, 12:40:04 UTC 1 year ago

Gorgeous pictures. My favorite are the first two! :)

[info]belen1974

June 15 2010, 12:51:45 UTC 1 year ago

wow! these are incredible. nice job!!

[info]lillyflowers

June 15 2010, 13:14:04 UTC 1 year ago

Wow! I'm enjoying your macro lens, that's for sure.

[info]aemiis_zoo

June 15 2010, 13:23:15 UTC 1 year ago

Amazing photos! Those first bugs are beautiful. I wonder if they are poisonous.

[info]brush_rat

June 15 2010, 14:26:47 UTC 1 year ago

A-mazing!

[info]audacian

June 15 2010, 14:32:51 UTC 1 year ago

Eww so many eyeballs on that spider!

[info]yesididit

June 15 2010, 14:56:27 UTC 1 year ago

i too am really enjoying your macro lens!
and are those leaf hoppers gettin it on?!!?

[info]ssorca19

June 15 2010, 22:44:36 UTC 1 year ago

YAY! loving your macros lately!

[info]alpacacock

June 16 2010, 00:31:17 UTC 1 year ago

Oh wow, that flower pic is like perfection in a macro photo for me.

[info]dragonwrites

June 16 2010, 03:01:15 UTC 1 year ago

these pictures are just amazing!

[info]drhoz

June 16 2010, 11:32:27 UTC 1 year ago

Ah ha! NOW I can tell what genus that slime mold is - Ceratiomyxa! There's only 4 species, so further ID should be relatively simple

[info]cottonmanifesto

June 16 2010, 12:05:13 UTC 1 year ago

oh my. i'm not sure that the one pictured above is the same.

this is the picture that i took on monday:


and here's the same little chip of wood on sunday:

[info]drhoz

June 16 2010, 14:15:16 UTC 1 year ago

dang - not Ceratiomyxa then... I'll have to get back to you...

[info]drhoz

June 16 2010, 14:28:34 UTC 1 year ago

well, it *might* be another Ceratiomyxa - where the sporangia branched? I did find this http://www.bluetier.org/mould/90709A.JPG but there's no ID available

[info]cottonmanifesto

June 16 2010, 14:34:53 UTC 1 year ago

yeah, that picture definitely looks like the same beast.

[info]drhoz

June 17 2010, 14:12:22 UTC 1 year ago

Interesting development - according to the mycology group, it might be Ceratiomyxa anyway, which apparently comes in a wide range of colours

[info]druiaen

June 16 2010, 13:43:03 UTC 1 year ago

These things are so awesome! Makes me wonder about all the amazing little things I'm missing when I stroll down the street.

[info]iambydefault

June 19 2010, 16:50:40 UTC 1 year ago

Wow!
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