insects
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Madagascar: Paying Attention to the Little Things
Walking through the jungle in Madagascar in search of lemurs, it’s easy to overlook the little things…and trample them underfoot. Â Bugs, tiny plants, lizards. Â There are upwards of 100,000 species of insects in Madagascar. Â We didn’t see the long-necked giraffe weevil, but we saw lots of other interesting creepy crawlies. Â For instance, this little guy,
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Macro Photography: Grasshopper After Rainstorm
Check out these macro photos of a grasshopper (or, as my daughter felt was more appropriate, “locust” – it was a good 3 inches long!) that was perched outside out front door. If you look close, you can see little droplets of water on his face.
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Photo: Bug Eats Millipede
I snapped this interesting photo the other day as I was experimenting with some screw-in macro lenses I had gotten in the mail. Here in Namibia, there are millions of millipedes coiled up under rocks, soil, everyplace you dig. So in the course of gardening there are bound to be a few casualties. So this