Curled Cosmos

July 25, 2014 Timothy Price12 Comments

Forty Legged Shower Mate

July 9, 2014 Timothy Price17 Comments

This six inch long centipede which may be everything that nightmares are made of scurried out of the drain when I got in the shower this morning. But I think the art was me, completely naked, doing macro shots of a wet centipede in the bathtub. Since he couldn’t scurry around as much because he was wet, he made defensive gestures by raising his rear prongs into striking position as I got the lens close to him. After I finished photographing him, I scooped him up and put him outside where he can find roly poly bugs and other pests to eat.

In Coming

July 5, 2014 Timothy Price15 Comments

Giant hornet buzzing in on a chitalpa.

Dragonfly with a Mohawk

July 2, 2014July 2, 2014 Timothy Price27 Comments

I hadn’t seen this dragonfly before. If you think dragonflies are six legged sissies, fluttering about like four winged fairies — think again. This one’s sporting a bleached mohawk and yellow tattoos. He’s one bad dude of a dragonfly who stood his ground against a macro lens.

Digital Cricket

June 27, 2014June 27, 2014 Timothy Price22 Comments

DSCF0714 — Is that a cricket I see on the computer cable?

DSCF0715 — Ah Hem! Paparazzi! That cricket is getting awfully close to the USB port on your computer.

DSCF0716 — COME ON YOU STUPID PHOTOGRAPHER! There’s a cricket on the cable and it’s getting AWAY!

Note: Leo is mistaken. It was a ~~leaf hopper~~ katydid exploring my computer. Insect identification has never been one of Leo’s (or my) strengths.

I See You

June 21, 2014June 21, 2014 Timothy Price22 Comments

Insect games with a grasshopper, damselfly and stinking squash bug.

Hold On

June 17, 2014 Timothy Price17 Comments

A black and yellow dragonfly showed up. It was timid at first, but finally let be get close enough to get some clear shots. There was another dragonfly that looked to be all black, but it never let me get close enough to see what color rally was.

Dragonfly & Bumblebee

June 11, 2014 Timothy Price25 Comments

First dragonfly of the season. The bumblebees love clover.

Sex in the Desert at Desert Harbor

June 6, 2014June 6, 2014 Timothy Price19 Comments

I’ve read that besides their voracious appetite for aphids, Ladybugs have an average of 400 different sex partners over their lifetime. Besides Ladybug love, many other insects were pollinating the flowering plants at Desert Harbor Retreat.