Jul 19, 2025
Jumpers on Pastels
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Jumpers on Pastels
Butterfly Portraits reworked for print.
Freshly molted Blue Dasher dragonfly
Caterpillars and a Giant Silk Moth, all live specimens shot in North Florida. First two caterpillars are unidentified.
Robber fly.
First shot is taken with a reversed 28mm, the others are shot with a 105mm Sigma on tubes, Nikon gear, flash and diffuser.
"The Asilidae are the robber fly family, also called assassin flies. They are powerfully built, bristly flies with a short, stout proboscis enclosing the sharp, sucking hypopharynx.
The name "robber flies" reflects their expert predatory habits; they feed mainly or exclusively on other insects and, as a rule, they wait in ambush and catch their prey in flight."
(from iNaturalist)
Curiosity
P.Comatus & P.Arizonesis
P. Otiosus Female
Salute Stack & Others, recently cleaned up and adjusted for print and publishing. This is an adult female, having recently had her ultimate molt. Commonly called the Canopy Jumper.
P. Otiosus X Regius Hybrid, adult male.
Really healthy, live specimen that I raised and kept for a year or so. He was a bit more active and aggressive, alot like the male Regius that I collected for years in North Florida. These were shot with a 28mm 3.5 Ai-s Nikkor reverse mounted on a Nikon D300, which is still my favorite macro rig that I”ve ever used. Pop up flash pushed to full, with a large diffuser very close to subject.