Ant & Other insect photography

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Aaron567
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Ant & Other insect photography

Post: # 8942Post Aaron567
Fri Jul 22, 2016 2:54 pm

I have decided, since I have a good camera with a macro lens and a lot of different insect and ant species living near me, that I will take photos of ants and other insects that I come across near where I live. I will keep posting new photos on this topic if enough people view them I guess.

This is a large grasshopper (around 2.5 inches in length) that has been living in a sago palm for a couple months. He was even living in this plant as a nymph, with underdeveloped wings and a smaller size. He is an adult now and I saved him from drowning in the pool once, and somehow he got one of his hopping legs pulled off a couple weeks ago.
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This is a Trachymyrmex sp. (fungus grower) ant. I'm not sure on the exact species, but the closest I can come up with is T. septentrionalis.
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Here is a Pheidole obscurithorax queen. She was walking around a nest of her species (She may not have been fertile) and she looked like she may have been dying because she was walking really slow and clumsy.
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Here is a huge beetle of some kind, he was about an inch long and had fell in a container where I breed and raise guppy fish, so he would've drowned.
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This is a dragonfly that let me get super close to take this awesome picture!
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I hope this isn't too off topic since these photos are mainly insects and not specifically ants. Thanks for viewing!

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Re: Ant & Other insect photography

Post: # 39216Post ACwilliam333
Thu Jun 28, 2018 7:43 pm

those are nice photos!

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Re: Ant & Other insect photography

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Wed Sep 08, 2021 7:59 am

I also live by a lake, and I see all kinds of insects and birds daily near my house. I recently started to bring some of the insects home and take pictures of them. Then I bring them back outside, of course. You are lucky you have a good camera with a macro lens. I'm taking photos on my iPhone, and it's harder to make them look so good. I searched the internet for some tips on how to make my pictures look more appealing. Although they are some fashion%20photography%20tips, I could find bits of advice for my photographs to look better. It's something different and unique now, as my friends say.

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AntsAntsAnts
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Re: Ant & Other insect photography

Post: # 87965Post AntsAntsAnts
Wed Feb 09, 2022 4:32 am

clear and specific photos
keeping:
all my queens died :(
got a sugar ant colony started :)

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Re: Ant & Other insect photography

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Wed Feb 09, 2022 7:07 am

AntsAntsAnts wrote:
Wed Feb 09, 2022 4:32 am
clear and specific photos
Nice, I didn’t read everything but what zoom is the macrolense?
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Re: Ant & Other insect photography

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Wed Feb 09, 2022 11:45 pm

SolenopsisKeeper wrote:
Wed Feb 09, 2022 7:07 am
AntsAntsAnts wrote:
Wed Feb 09, 2022 4:32 am
clear and specific photos
Nice, I didn’t read everything but what zoom is the macrolense?
probably something quite advanced.
keeping:
all my queens died :(
got a sugar ant colony started :)

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Re: Ant & Other insect photography

Post: # 88035Post SolenopsisKeeper
Thu Feb 10, 2022 7:17 am

AntsAntsAnts wrote:
Wed Feb 09, 2022 11:45 pm
SolenopsisKeeper wrote:
Wed Feb 09, 2022 7:07 am
AntsAntsAnts wrote:
Wed Feb 09, 2022 4:32 am
clear and specific photos
Nice, I didn’t read everything but what zoom is the macrolense?
probably something quite advanced.
I wonder where he found the phedolie queen. Never seen a queen like it.
When you accidentally reply to yourself…

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Re: Ant & Other insect photography

Post: # 88069Post AntsAntsAnts
Fri Feb 11, 2022 1:23 am

SolenopsisKeeper wrote:
Thu Feb 10, 2022 7:17 am
AntsAntsAnts wrote:
Wed Feb 09, 2022 11:45 pm
SolenopsisKeeper wrote:
Wed Feb 09, 2022 7:07 am


Nice, I didn’t read everything but what zoom is the macrolense?
probably something quite advanced.
I wonder where he found the phedolie queen. Never seen a queen like it.
yeah, quite unique if i have to give an opinion...
keeping:
all my queens died :(
got a sugar ant colony started :)

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Re: Ant & Other insect photography

Post: # 88082Post SolenopsisKeeper
Fri Feb 11, 2022 6:45 am

AntsAntsAnts wrote:
Fri Feb 11, 2022 1:23 am
SolenopsisKeeper wrote:
Thu Feb 10, 2022 7:17 am
AntsAntsAnts wrote:
Wed Feb 09, 2022 11:45 pm


probably something quite advanced.
I wonder where he found the phedolie queen. Never seen a queen like it.
yeah, quite unique if i have to give an opinion...
We live in a similar area, and I see workers of that spieces, but never queens
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Re: Ant & Other insect photography

Post: # 88121Post AntsAntsAnts
Fri Feb 11, 2022 10:13 pm

SolenopsisKeeper wrote:
Fri Feb 11, 2022 6:45 am
AntsAntsAnts wrote:
Fri Feb 11, 2022 1:23 am
SolenopsisKeeper wrote:
Thu Feb 10, 2022 7:17 am


I wonder where he found the phedolie queen. Never seen a queen like it.
yeah, quite unique if i have to give an opinion...
We live in a similar area, and I see workers of that spieces, but never queens
maybe they are so small you cannot see their nuptial flights
keeping:
all my queens died :(
got a sugar ant colony started :)

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