Posts Tagged: insect photography

If You're Addicted to Insect Images...

If you're addicted to insects or insect photography, you'll want to see the international award-winning images on the Insect Salon website. Each year...

"Faster than a Speeding Bullet," shows a long-horned bee in flight, speeding over a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia). This one received an honorable mention in the international contest, Insect Salon. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

"Faster than a Speeding Bullet," shows a long-horned bee in flight, speeding over a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia). This one received an honorable mention in the international contest, Insect Salon. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

"Under Attack!" shows a long-horned bee targeting a Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta), also on Tithonia. This image gained acceptance into the international contest, Insect Salon. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

"Under Attack!" shows a long-horned bee targeting a Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta), also on Tithonia. This image gained acceptance into the international contest, Insect Salon. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Looking Back at 2013

Goodbye, 2013. Hello, 2014. If you're a beginning driver--or you remember being a beginning driver--your instructor may have admonished:  "Look...

Up close and personal with a robber fly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Up close and personal with a robber fly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bee fly mimicking a helicopter--or does a helicopter mimic a bee fly? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bee fly mimicking a helicopter--or does a helicopter mimic a bee fly? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Jumping spider, a floral visitor. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Jumping spider, a floral visitor. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Male Valley carpenter bee is really a teddy bear. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Male Valley carpenter bee is really a teddy bear. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Oh, to have the waist of a mud dauber wasp. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Oh, to have the waist of a mud dauber wasp. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A pollen-covered honey bee ready for take-off. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A pollen-covered honey bee ready for take-off. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Call of the (Alex) Wild

There are insect photographers and there are insect photographers. There are those who point and shoot, those who shoot and point, and those who see...

Noted insect photographer Alex Wild captured this spectacular image of sweat bees on sideoats grama. (Photo by Alex Wild and used with permission.)

Noted insect photographer Alex Wild captured this spectacular image of sweat bees on sideoats grama. (Photo by Alex Wild and used with permission.)

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