Dan Simon Macrophotography

Small stuff, mostly bugs. All photos are 100% original.

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Hoverfly

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I went down to Northern Georgia to see the eclipse (didn't have the right lense/filters to photo the eclipse, but it was pretty amazing!) and stopped by the Atlanta botanical garden, where I found this skipper butterly.

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Orchard orbweaver spider.

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You guys I got a snake!!! She is a 5-month-old female ball python and is super adorable. Ball Pythons come in all different color morphs, this particular morph is called "lemonblast genetic stripe" and is a combination of 3 different genetic mutations.

I've actually had her for about a month but have just been letting her get adjusted to her new home. She's doing great, eats like a champ, and already shed her skin once. Still needs a name though...

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European paper wasp (Polistes dominula)

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Honey bee in central park

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Harvestmen (order Opiliones, related to but not actually spiders) are out in full force. Found a bunch of different species all in the same area.

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Some ladybug larvae crawling around the NY botanical garden.

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Hoverfly

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Finally we got some real summer weather and the bugs are coming out. This small jumping spider was really curious about my camera.

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Finally the weather is warming up and the bugs are coming out. This Boxelder bug (Boisea trivittata) was one of many that I found trying to warm up in the sun.

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My juvenille Brachypelma sabulosum (Guatamalen red-rump tarantula) is on the more skittish end of the spider personality spectrum. It's not aggressive, but you can see it's kicked off a lot of the dark, irritating hairs on its abdomen as a defense mechanism, leaving a bald patch.

I think most of that happened when I moved to a new apartment a couple months ago. I don't think it appreciated having its home packed in a box and driven around. But no worry, the next time it molts it'll be back to normal.

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Snappy the blizzard leopard gecko lives a tough life of sleeping and more sleeping.

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My Lasiodora difficilis bird-eater tarantula has most of its adult coloring now but is still not fullgrown.

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Hey everyone, I'm baaaaack! This blog has been in a long-term hiatus for a while, but I'm happy to say I'm picking things up and already have a bunch of new photos to post.

I took advantage of the nice weather and spent some time out in central park. Not too many bugs out yet but I did find this one plant starting to bud and flower.

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Skipper butterfly

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A Clouded Yellow butterfly (genus Colias)