#macro life

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some days...

If we are happy in our dreams does that count?

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Also featured on my instagram, this tiny, blue butterfly graced our garden and took a rest on a yellow flower. I believe it may be a Zizina Labradus. Found in Monash, Canberra.

[apocalypsebeing]

Give Me Details

[missmarinebio]

Coral Hermit Crab. These guys are so vibrant I love taking photos of them. I wish I could take a photo with blue light to see their patterns glow.

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So tiny!

I found this tiny weevil in Central Tilba, NSW, Australia. It was hanging out beside a large pond surrounded by gum trees and wattle on a very bushy property. Photo next to my thumbnail for size reference. 

I could not fully identify this weevil, so if anyone knows what it may be, please let me know! 

EDIT: I’ve just got a message from a follower who has suggested that it is a type of Brentidae and they’re right! I’ve even got a recommendation on resources that I could use in an attempt to find out its full name so I’m on the hunt for that! Thank you everyone for all your help!

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A study of the Longicorn Beetle I found in Central Tilba, NSW, Australia. 

This is the same one I mentioned earlier! This one did not mind a SHORT photo session before it told me to bugger off. I collected as much detail as I could, from its feet to its powerful jaws! I am still trying to find a positive ID on what it is and now I am just looking at pictures of all kinds of longicorn beetles! 

This one had a beautiful design on its back behind its head that was very decorative. I wish I could have had it measured at the time but it was absolutely huge! Not only long, but bulky! It was like an armoured, cranky tank of grumpiness that I am glad to have met. 

I wanted to share as much as I could of it just in case anyone is studying these at the moment or if you’ve never seen one before and want to know a bit about what they look like and how cute their little feet are. Seriously, it had such cute, heart-shaped feet! 

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[Before the robbery, which had me gone from this blog a while, I took an impressive amount of photos of insects that I did not get the chance to upload. Thankfully, the memory card wasn’t packed as we forgot it or I would have lost them entirely. Now that I am back, I will be revisiting and uploading these photos which were supposed to be uploaded back in February.]

This is a Longicorn beetle which I found in Central Tilba, NSW, Australia. I have plenty more photos of him that I look forward to sharing but, for an introduction of what’s to come, I wanted to share this one. He seemed to not care very much for the camera on one hand but let me take a few photos before he made it clear that he wanted to be left alone. I’m grateful for its short-lived patience! 

-Don’t forget! To celebrate that I will have reached 1000 followers, I am having a feature post to say THANK YOU! I want to see your photos of bugs! I’ll be picking 10 photos under the #anthelid-day-feature tag I’ve created to be featured on my blog alongside your blogs and description of your photos! I look forward to it!- 

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A bit of a love story... 

Two Amata Trigonophora moths rest together on a branch. It seems that one of them had left their cocoon (pictured) and the other was waiting for them to dry. 

I was able to get very close to them for photos. Neither wanted to fly away and instead sat together as if to refuse to part. The cocoon only belonged to one of them. I carefully and peacefully got a few photos before I left them. I believe that these two are a breeding pair and they were patiently waiting to be ready to breed and seemed to be protective of each other somehow. It was an interesting encounter in nature, to be able to get so close to something that would usually fly away fretfully. 

It is one of my favourite encounters. A love story in the small, natural world. 

Found on a small gum tree on the NSW Far South Coast.