Up close and personal, this cucumber beetle larvae looks like a hyper-spiny ankylosaurus or other prehistoric creature. I don’t know what type of wasp is on the brown eyed Susan, but it’s quite colorful. The last photo is purple cosmos backlit in the early morning light.
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Man that is one creepy looking bug!!
Thanks, John. It just looks like a yellow piece of fuzz to the naked eye.
Pretty—Looks like a nudibranch.
Thanks, John!
Yes, the cucumber beetle larvae does remind me of a nudibranch. Pretty creature!
We have quite the assortment of flower feeder and pollinators here too. Always amazed at the variety I see, especially on the spearmint flowers.
That cosmos photo is absolutely gorgeous! I like the purple and green together. I don’t know how you do it, but your cosmos photos look as if the blooms have their own internal light source.
Thanks, Lavinia!
How beautifully creepy!
Thanks, Sharon!
Awesome images Timothy and the first one is definitely prehistoric 🙂
Thanks, Joe!
There is something a little comical about the beetle larvae. He looks like he has a lot of little hands on little arms held out, singing “I’ve got to be me!”.
Hehehe! That’s one way to look at. It actually has a friendly look about it.
Thank you for that. Never again will I see it quite the same way. So many bugs, so many songs which might be in their little hearts–
Proportionally speaking, I’d say it at least has Nine Inch Nails. It could be singing “The [many] Hands That Feed”!
Interesting title, interesting pics with interesting comments! 😀 Beautiful colourful pictures 🙂
Thanks!
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Now THATS Macro Photography!!
Thanks!