Tiny high-wire act

18 October 2009 13 Comments Home » Insects etc.

A tiny high-wire act in a backyard circus,
burned by sun and swept by small breezes,
no nets in the microwilderness.
 

Beetle does a tiny high-wire act in a backyard circus

13 Comments »

  • Patty Peters said:

    Its eye is really eye-catching.

    # 18 October 2009 at 8:31 pm
  • Michael Sinclair said:

    Another wonderful shot and I wonder how you manage to catch the little critters doing what they do?

    # 18 October 2009 at 8:31 pm
  • Rick said:

    Thanks Patty and Michael. I never know what to expect when I walk out the door.

    # 18 October 2009 at 8:32 pm
  • Robert Curry said:

    Rick, where do you go to insect-observe & photograph?

    Is your backyard, or other places, too? From insect POV it all looks like a huge forest…

    # 19 October 2009 at 8:26 pm
  • Rick said:

    Good question Robert. Believe it or not, most of it is from my own, very ordinary, backyard.

    Most of the insects, and all of the birds. I’d like to expand it all over the planet, we’ll see.

    The world in a grain of sand, indeed.

    # 19 October 2009 at 8:29 pm
  • Bogdan Ciocsan said:

    Great. I love the diagonal :) and the colors are beautiful.

    # 21 October 2009 at 9:13 pm
  • Rick said:

    Thanks Bogdan. Another act in my backyard circus.

    # 22 October 2009 at 8:11 am
  • Amy said:

    Species: clock-work toy, gender neutral. Sorry for teasing Rick.
    Well not really. =0)

    # 22 October 2009 at 11:37 am
  • Rick said:

    Tease away, Amy. I can see it as a wind-up toy, great idea!

    # 22 October 2009 at 12:20 pm
  • Diane said:

    is this a potato beetle?? . . . maybe? . . . Hmmmm . . .

    # 21 March 2010 at 9:24 pm
  • Rick said:

    Good call, Diane. I’m pretty sure it is a potato beetle.

    # 22 March 2010 at 8:44 am
  • Diane said:

    Thanks! . . . lucky guess . . .

    It is a wonderful shot! You really know how to make these little fellas look good.

    # 22 March 2010 at 10:15 pm
  • Rick said:

    Thanks Diane. I believe this is a Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata.

    # 23 March 2010 at 1:45 pm

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