MORE bugs, bugs bugs!!! (and other animals!)

I'm back again with some more macro/micro shots!

Last summer it was sunsets I was obsessed with and this summer it was bugs I was chasing down! This cool rainbow bug was super skittish, but I got some nice shots whilst hiking to the Tadake Falls (which I loved apart from getting chased gangsta style by horseflies)

One of my favs of the rainbow insect! He's up in lights!

Look closely and you will see the babies. Ughhhhh. I can't believe I actually get this close to spiders. I've come a long way over the years (1st San Diego and black widows and now here and all kinds of spiders!) and saved myself a ton of money in Psychotherapy flooding techniques! (Apparently this spider is known as Oxyopes macilentus!)

This blue and orange eyed guy was down by Toguchi, the same day April got stung (through diving gloves) by a fireworm that we thought was the leg of a brittlefish! (OK: it was me, I thought it was a brittlefish. Bad Mum!)

The one-eyed hermit crab. Wasssssup! Everyday he's shuffling!

Caterpillar somewhere!

The cute lizard that followed us along a fence at Ryukyu Mura.

Poser.

The giant spider (AKA Banana spider, golden orb weaver, giant wood spider). They are everywhere. In fact, this weekend, whilst geocaching I very almost walked right into one (eye level). SHUDDER!

Not a great shot, but cool coloured beetle none-the-less!

Now these dragon flies were right in the empty lot next door to my house, but they were really small and very shy so these aren't great pics. I tried!

I love the 'bug' eyes!

Here's me going bug crazy. Messed around with some textures, colours, etc!

Some more craziness! I LOVE playing with textures!

This was taken at the Fukushen Gdns, the same day as April's Sari shoot that was actually meant to be a bug hunt!

Now this dragonfly stayed still long enough for me to get a shot of it at the end of the river trekking!

Until next time...