“Hello, it’s me again.”
“Here’s a closeup of my pretty face.”
“Remember the spotted cucumber beetle on the edge of a leaf that David showed you last week?”
“I’m hoping you weren’t too fond of him.” “I mean the beetle, not David”.
“I have some preening to do.”
“Oooo!” “My lucky day; a skipper for dessert.”
“That means I have to do more preening, but it was worth it.”
“There, it looks like I got it all.”
“I hope I’ll get to see you again soon.”
Thank you for stopping and checking out my photos.
David
It's Complicated 
Brilliant, great set!
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Thank you Brian.
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Wow! You got nice and close. Excellent!
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Thank you Ziggy. Fortunately he was as bold as I was for this photo shoot.
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Amazing!
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Thank you Paulie.
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Very nice captures David.
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Thank you Tom.
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Perfect! Your Macro is perfect. Congratutations David.
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Thank you very much CarMac.
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Wow, great close-ups, David. I can’t think of a scarier predator!
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Thank you Eliza. When I heard the snap of his claw behind me and then realized what it was I was kind of spooked. Can you image if he/she was the size of a lion, or worse, a hippo. But that thought crosses my mind with regard to a lot of insects, what if they were the size of medium to large mammals.
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Hollywood has capitalized on that fear in many sci-fi films – Alien, Star Wars and Men in Black come to mind. 😉
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Great, fun post, David! Fantastic close-ups. The first two with the eyes are quite mesmerizing…..getting me under their spell…..hehe The face looks like it has gold, silver and mother of pearl eyes. Very cool shots, I’m with you and Eliza, glad they are small in size, they are a bit prehistoric looking.
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Thanks Donna. They are a very cool species of insects and I had lots of fun getting up close and personal.
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