Winged Wednesday 11/2/2022

[Eric Gofreed]

All I have for today's Winged Wednesday are macro photographs of some interesting insects.

This little moth's scientific name is Schinia argentifascia and he s about .4 inches long with a wingspan of .9 inches. In my neck of the world, leave the light on and they will come

Western Paper Wasp: I found this wasp drowning in my pool. In exchange for rescuing him, he non-verbally agreed to pose for a few photographs. He was, thankful, relaxed, and preening himself for about 5 minutes. In this photo, he was giving me the evil eye just before taking flight.

Western Paper Wasp side view

This is the Gray Bird Grasshopper and he's 4-inches long. I haven't been a fan of grasshoppers since the 1990s. I don't remember the exact year but this species showed up in Eastern Kansas and caused plant and crop destruction of biblical proportions.

Gray Bird Grasshopper

 

[Trent Watts]

I love these Eric..I too find grasshoppers a conundrum. They are fascinating to photograph but can cause so much destruction.

 

[Trent Watts]

I couldn't resist putting this one on today's 'insect posting'. I made this for an art show many years ago. The body is carved out of wood and painted. The other parts are made from an acrylic material that is used to make glasses. It is mounted on an old computer board. This was back in the days when we first started hearing about computer viruses so I called this piece "A motherboard wasp....And you thought computer viruses were bad.
In my defence it does have wings.

 

[Eric Gofreed]

I couldn't resist putting this one on today's 'insect posting'. I made this for an art show many years ago. The body is carved out of wood and painted. The other parts are made from an acrylic material that is used to make glasses. It is mounted on an old computer board. This was back in the days when we first started hearing about computer viruses so I called this piece "A motherboard wasp....And you thought computer viruses were bad.
In my defence it does have wings.

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Made me smile... and still smiling

 

[AlanLichty]

I couldn't resist putting this one on today's 'insect posting'. I made this for an art show many years ago. The body is carved out of wood and painted. The other parts are made from an acrylic material that is used to make glasses. It is mounted on an old computer board. This was back in the days when we first started hearing about computer viruses so I called this piece "A motherboard wasp....And you thought computer viruses were bad.
In my defence it does have wings.

Major hardware bugs on that circuit board

 

[Douglas Sherman]

I couldn't resist putting this one on today's 'insect posting'. I made this for an art show many years ago. The body is carved out of wood and painted. The other parts are made from an acrylic material that is used to make glasses. It is mounted on an old computer board. This was back in the days when we first started hearing about computer viruses so I called this piece "A motherboard wasp....And you thought computer viruses were bad.
In my defence it does have wings.

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That is clever and spectacular, Trent.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Here is mine. This is a Gila Woodpecker nectaring on a Saguaro Cactus flower.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

All I have for today's Winged Wednesday are macro photographs of some interesting insects.

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This little moth's scientific name is Schinia argentifascia and he s about .4 inches long with a wingspan of .9 inches. In my neck of the world, leave the light on and they will come

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Western Paper Wasp: I found this wasp drowning in my pool. In exchange for rescuing him, he non-verbally agreed to pose for a few photographs. He was, thankful, relaxed, and preening himself for about 5 minutes. In this photo, he was giving me the evil eye just before taking flight.

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Western Paper Wasp side view

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This is the Gray Bird Grasshopper and he's 4-inches long. I haven't been a fan of grasshoppers since the 1990s. I don't remember the exact year but this species showed up in Eastern Kansas and caused plant and crop destruction of biblical proportions.

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Gray Bird Grasshopper

Great series as usual, Eric.

 

[Eric Gofreed]

Here is mine. This is a Gila Woodpecker nectaring on a Saguaro Cactus flower.

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Looks familiar. Great shot as expected, Doug. LOL... next week's theme will be birds on cactus

 

[Kurt Harrigan]

How do you figure out what everything is??

 

[Eric Gofreed]

How do you figure out what everything is??

Experience and curiosity have served me well. I also post many of my photos to iNturalist.org. iNaturalist.org is a great website to ID plants, animals, and everything in Nature.