Bugs

[crmcatee]

Nice day so ventured into the garden and came across these chaps..





and a what I think is a Cardinal Beetle



Pleased with the second one considering it wasn't on a tripod.

[Zad]

Impressive!

I think the 2nd one is a lily beetle. So if you have any lilies, prepare to see them disappear more or less overnight.

[theRossatron]

very nice shots! What lens did you use?

[dilbert]

Had this thing firing it's self at the window last night. Normally I wouldn't have noticed, but it was making a racket.

Odd thing though, like a massive flying beetle. It's antennae had like little fans on the end....

Euchhhh.

Edited by dilbert on Saturday 26th May 22:47

[crmcatee]

theRossatron said:

very nice shots! What lens did you use?

Canon 100mm Macro.

[dilbert]

I must have been particularly dull last night! I'd not realise that this was a photography thread. I can assure you I did not take the pictures I posted, they came from my mate Wiki.

Ooops!

[Gemm]

Zad said:

I think the 2nd one is a lily beetle. So if you have any lilies, prepare to see them disappear more or less overnight.

So I guess this is not a good sign then

[crmcatee]

They're different beetles though - they've got black heads.

I have no lilys in my garden but does that mean that they've eaten them or they're just lost. ?

[Gemm]

Ah I can see the difference. Mine were definitely found on lilies.