My First Thread: Insects
 

Hope this works as its my first thread... I've just returned from travelling in Asia and took these insect shots from various countries.

A grasshopper in the central highlands of Vietnam
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4305/grasshopper6i.jpg

This catepiller was in a jungle in northern Thailand
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2210/catepiller2f.jpg

Spiders I found in northern China
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/3123/spider8m.jpg

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4120/spider7i.jpg

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/3598/spider9b.jpg

I have more if people would like to see them. Cheers.

No more spiders please....

Great stuff, Rainman

Those were great - would love to see more!!

Creepy as they may be, they are also fascinating! More I say :)

Spiders are one of my favourite animals. I would love to see more. Do you have any bumble bees?

We have a sedum in our yard, which bumble bees seem to love (in the late summer). They seem to get so distracted while gathering nectar from the sedum, that you can actually pet them on their backs...

Very nice.

Insects (and arachnids) are amongst the most beautiful things in the universe. They're quite a wonder to me.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/...9d406744_b.jpg

:thumbsup:

Here are a couple of photos of a redback spider nest I found in my front yard...

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/9784/redbackspider2.jpg

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/6250/redbackspider1.jpg

I think this one is a wheel weaving spider:

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/855...vingspider.jpg

I really shouldn't have opened this thread. Spiders creep me the hell out.

However, I really like your grasshopper pic :thumbsup:

This morning I took these photos of a baby huntsman spider - it's 5 cm (2 inches) long, which is only about 1/4 of it's full grown size... they're completely harmless to humans though!

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/3395/huntsman1.jpg

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/1842/huntsman4.jpg

nice! thanks for sharing!

but you know.. spiders aren't insects.... arachnids. arachnids is what Alex was looking for.

some great pics rainman... but you give the impression that all of oz has dangerous creepy crawlies, which is not the case!

in saying that those are some great pics mate! i totally love the redback. ive seen a few of those back in my days in sydney.



http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/IMG_5500.jpg

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/IMG_5492.jpg

About a month ago, these guys were out in full force.
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...7/ladybugs.jpg

The Birds and the Bees ...

Another arachnid.
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...IMG_0087_1.jpg