Uploads from Gustavo Mazzarollo, tagged closeup, with geodata

Mating centipede mar 2013

nobody@flickr.com (Gustavo Mazzarollo) — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:12:52 -0700

Have found a lot of mating pairs last days.

My previous shoot of these was on mid March 2012, they should mate in fairly consistent times.

Treehopper with eggs

nobody@flickr.com (Gustavo Mazzarollo) — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 03:48:43 -0800

Gustavo Mazzarollo posted a photo:

She carefully protect the eggs. I am following for two days and not moved.

Camouflaged weevil

nobody@flickr.com (Gustavo Mazzarollo) — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:45:16 -0800

Gustavo Mazzarollo posted a photo:

Almost confused this one with the brown branch.

Wild bee nest

nobody@flickr.com (Gustavo Mazzarollo) — Sat, 26 May 2012 11:54:26 -0700

Gustavo Mazzarollo posted a photo:

We are still under hard climate, with very scarce rain for this time of the year, and I got trouble finding the most common insects. Looks like only some members of hymenoptera family, like bees and ants still believe in a recovery and are not hibernating or dead by the lack of water.

This bee nest was a relief for some macro exercises and they were very friendly.

Ant and membracidae mutualism

nobody@flickr.com (Gustavo Mazzarollo) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:27:57 -0700

Gustavo Mazzarollo posted a photo:

Happy today to have some shoots of the ants that returned

Designer caterpillar

nobody@flickr.com (Gustavo Mazzarollo) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:07:38 -0700

Gustavo Mazzarollo posted a photo:

These were building cocoon near my home in the previous week.

Lepidoptera building structure, close view

nobody@flickr.com (Gustavo Mazzarollo) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:53:44 -0700

Gustavo Mazzarollo posted a photo:

Close view at lepidoptera buiding the structure

Lepidoptera building structure

nobody@flickr.com (Gustavo Mazzarollo) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:57:31 -0700

Gustavo Mazzarollo posted a photo:

A more mature, near this one

Inter species mating

nobody@flickr.com (Gustavo Mazzarollo) — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:18:07 -0700

Gustavo Mazzarollo posted a photo:

Wonder if the first cold tide of 2012 affected them in some way, but today found some inter species mating activity in these flowers.

These two above are the pair III

Treehopper

nobody@flickr.com (Gustavo Mazzarollo) — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:15:03 -0700

Gustavo Mazzarollo posted a photo:

Had a sunny productive sunday, hope you got a nice one too.

Mating centipede

nobody@flickr.com (Gustavo Mazzarollo) — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:57:41 -0700

Gustavo Mazzarollo posted a photo:

If your opinion is more legs = more sexy, this will be your mating pair of preference.

Check the youtube video, they are a really lovely pair in love who enjoy good food too:

youtu.be/OFvDmtehjtE

Mating choleoptera mar 2012

nobody@flickr.com (Gustavo Mazzarollo) — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:04:16 -0700

Gustavo Mazzarollo posted a photo:

This flower should taste too good, the female was almost immobile

Male spider summer home

nobody@flickr.com (Gustavo Mazzarollo) — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 11:33:02 -0700

Gustavo Mazzarollo posted a photo:

In summer they build well ventilated homes, this guy have made a nice one inside a leaf, in this shoot only apparent in the left upper corner.

Impaired lynx spider

nobody@flickr.com (Gustavo Mazzarollo) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:59:54 -0700

Gustavo Mazzarollo posted a photo:

I'm not happy to find a arachnid with difficulties, but happens, wonder what predator could sever 5 of this spider legs.

Even worse is that matture spiders could no longer regenerate the legs

Frog portrait II

nobody@flickr.com (Gustavo Mazzarollo) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:50:57 -0800

Gustavo Mazzarollo posted a photo:

This one is different from the previous, more about to sleep than to attack the photographer.

Ant and scale insect mutualism

nobody@flickr.com (Gustavo Mazzarollo) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:47:09 -0800

Gustavo Mazzarollo posted a photo:

During the day the big ant returned to the scale insect and was possible to take the shoot with a green background

Ant and membracidae mutualism

nobody@flickr.com (Gustavo Mazzarollo) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:28:14 -0700

Gustavo Mazzarollo posted a photo:

This one at 3x magnification, shows better the leafhopper feeders

Crab spider @ home

nobody@flickr.com (Gustavo Mazzarollo) — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 15:55:55 -0800

Gustavo Mazzarollo posted a photo:

This from some time ago, they were preparing their homes.

Frog portrait

nobody@flickr.com (Gustavo Mazzarollo) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:28:06 -0800

Gustavo Mazzarollo posted a photo:

When I shoot this he was already very angry and going to attack the lens hood...

Small bee nest

nobody@flickr.com (Gustavo Mazzarollo) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:52:38 -0800

Gustavo Mazzarollo posted a photo:

Still reduced number of insects these days, the climate warm and relatively dry, today the only activity were these harmless social bees stating a nest inside a tree, this tree have holes and retain some water so they have chosen well the spot.

Youtube video registering the activity of the nest