I see a lot of bugs outside, so I take their pictures. Most of them don’t seem to mind, though honestly, the bumblebees do sometimes take exception to my being outside, even when I’m not in any way harassing them. When they’re in that kind of mood, they circle around my head a few times to let me know that I should relocate to another part of the yard. Given this attitude, it amazes me that they let me take the pictures from yesterday’s post. I can only assume that secretly they’ve always wanted to be in pictures.
One thing I have found about back-yard bug photography is the bigger the bug, the better. The large bug is easy to spot and the camera’s auto-focus picks it out almost immediately, which allows you to back off quickly. That’s why those huge bumblebees make good subjects. But they’re not the only big bugs to be found in the yard. Here are a few more.
That spider! Holy crap!
Yeah, glad he’s not nearly as big as he appears in the picture!