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• Post #3235901

  This Vesperus xatarti beetle wouldn’t stay still for a second, but the sun and its light were there. I had to take over a hundred shots before I finally caught one worth keeping. iPhone 15 Pro + home made lens for close focusing. Este escarabajo Vesperus xatarti no paraba de moverse, pero el sol y su luz estaban allí. Tuve que hacer más de 100 fotos hasta conseguir alguna interesante. Dieser Vesperus-xatarti-Käfer hat sich ständig bewegt, aber die Sonne und ihr Licht waren da. Ich musste über...

• Post #3235900

  The Seychelles mealybug (Icerya seychellarum) got its name because it was first spotted in a shipment of wood from there. It’s a pest made up almost entirely of females that reproduce through parthenogenesis. It secretes honeydew, which ants love to feed on. iPhone 17 Pro macro mode. Valencia. Spain La cochinilla de las Seychelles (Icerya seychellarum) se llama así porque se detectó en una partida de maderas procedente de allí. Son una plaga compuesta casi exclusivamente por hembras que se rep...

• Post #3235899

  Sometimes the light, the background, and the color contrast really help. A European honeybee on an Australian grevillea flower in a park in Valencia, Spain. iPhone 17 Pro main camera + the lens of binoculars for close focusing. A veces, la luz, el fondo y el contraste de colores ayudan. Una abeja mielífera europea sobre una flor de grevillea australiana en un parque de Valencia (España). Manchmal helfen Licht, Hintergrund und Farbkontraste echt. Eine europäische Honigbiene auf einer australis...

• Post #3235898

  A Lasiommata megera butterfly chilling on the ground in my garden. Late January, Alicante province. Shot with the main camera of the Phone 17 Pro + a close‑up lens to focus tight and get that shallow depth of field. Una mariposa Lasiommata megera posada sobre el suelo de mi jardín. Finales de enero. Provincia de Alicante. Cámara principal del Phone 17 Pro + lente para enfocar de cerca y reducir la profundidad de campo. Ein Lasiommata‑megera‑Schmetterling sitzt auf dem Boden in meinem Garten. E...

• Post #3235897

  Yes, Calliphora vicina is that fly you always hear about in CSI or forensic and crime shows, and its larvae are used to figure out the time of death when a body is found. Si, Calliphora vicina es esa mosca tan mencionada en CSI y peliculas de forenses y cuyas larvas utilizan para estimar el momento de la muerte al hallar un cadáver. Ja, Calliphora vicina ist diese Fliege, die man ständig in CSI und Forensik-Filmen sieht, und deren Maden benutzt werden, um den Todeszeitpunkt festzustellen, wen...

• Post #3235896

  I read somewhere that if the antennae have orange segments, it means it’s a male carpenter bee, Xylocopa violacea. The females, and the very similar Xylopa valga, have antennae that are completely black. Valencia. Spain. iPhone 17 Pro main camera + home meade lens for close focusing. He leído en algún sitio que si las antenas tienen segmentos de color naranja indica se trata de un macho de abeja carpintera Xylocopa violacea. En las hembras y en la Xilopa valga, que es muy parecida, las antenas...

• Post #3235895

  This is the second year I've donated some money to Wikipedia, and I feel like I could contribute a little more. In any case, I feel they deserve it, since I rely on it even with all the AI out there…

• Post #3235894

  We found this bumblebee in a bucket of water, almost drowned and freezing. We put it in the sun, and my sister—who’s a vet—came up with the idea of giving it a spoonful of sugar water. It started drinking right away. Half an hour later, it flew off. iPhone 17 Pro macro mode. Spain. Alicante. Encontramos este abejorro en un cubo de agua, casi ahogado y muerto de frío. Lo pusimos al sol y a mi hermana -que es veterinaria- se le ocurrió ofrecerle una cuchara de agua con azúcar. Media hora más tard...

• Post #3235893

  A bee, Anthophora plumipes, feeding on a Pride of Madeira (Echium candicans) flower in Valencia’s Central Park. The photo is unedited. The watercolor-like vibe and bokeh come from using an extra lens stacked onto the main camera of an iPhone 17 Pro. Una abeja Anthophora plumipes alimentándose de la flor Orgullo de Madeira o Echium candicans en el Parque Central de Valencia. La foto no está editada. El bokeh y aspecto de acuarela de la imagen se deben al uso de una lente superpuesta a la cámara...

• Post #3235892

  A grasshopper, Anacridium aegyptium, shot in macro mode (wide-angle camera) and with the main camera using an extra lens (iPhone 17 Pro). With the first one I get great detail but the image looks pretty flat. With the shallow depth of field from the second, the effect is much more eye-catching. Spain, Alicante, April. Un saltamontes fotografiado con el modo macro (cámara gran angular) y con la cámara principal con una lente superpuesta. Con la primera obtengo un gran detalle pero una imagen muy...

• Post #3235891

  It's not a good idea to touch the Loxosceles rufescens (also known as the violin spider because of the violin-shaped mark on its back). It's venomous and can cause a condition called loxoscelism or cutaneous arachnidism, which in severe cases can lead to gangrene. Alicante, Spain. iPhone 16 Pro + lens for close focusing No es prudente tocar a la Loxosceles rufescens. Es venenosa y puede provocar un cuadro clínico denominado loxoscelismo. Mit der Loxosceles rufescens sollte man...

• Post #3235890

  It’s not a butterfly caterpillar; it’s the larva of an Arge pagana, a type of sawfly that looks a bit like a wasp and lays its eggs on rose bushes. Shot on an iPhone 17 Pro in macro mode, using both the wide-angle and main camera, plus a lens to reduce depth of field. Alicante, Spain. Late April. No es la oruga de una mariposa, es la larva de una Arge pagana, un heminóptero con cierto parecido a una avispa que deposita sus huevos en los rosales. Das ist keine Schmetterlingsraupe, sondern die L...

• Post #3235889

  It’s amazing how this tiny Oxyopes lineatus spider can move around so smoothly without tripping over the spines on its own legs. Alicante. Spain. iPhone 15 Pro main camera + lens for close focusing. Es sorprendente que esta diminuta araña Oxyopes lineatus se capaz de moverse con agilidad sin tropezar con las espinas de sus propias patas. Alicante. Spain. Es ist erstaunlich, wie sich diese winzige Oxyopes-lineatus-Spinne so locker bewegen kann, ohne über die Stacheln an ihren eigenen Beinen zu...

• Post #3235888

  A bumblebee bombus terrestris lands on a lavender flower to libeate its nectar. iPhone 17 Pro main camera + home made lens for close focusing. Spain. Alicante. Un abejorro bombus terrestris se posa sobre una flor de lavanda para libar su néctar. Eine Hummel, Bombus terrestris, setzt sich auf eine Lavendelblüte, um Nektar zu schlürfen. #macro #macrolens #macrophotography #insects #animals #nature #shotoniphone #bee #bombusterrestris

• Post #3235887

  I think this small 3 or 4 mm spider is a Neoscona crucifer. I find it very difficult to identify them when they are so small. iPhone 15 Pro + self made lens for close focusing Esta pequeña araña de 3 ó 4 mm creo que es una Neoscona crucifera. Me resulta muy difícil identificarlas cuando son tan pequeñas. Dieses kleine Spinnchen von so 3 oder 4 mm ist, glaube ich, eine Neoscona crucifera. Fällt mir echt schwer, die zu erkennen, wenn sie so winzig sind. #macro #macrophotography #insects #animal...

• Post #3235886

  I rescued this fly (Bombylius major), which looks like a stuffed animal, from the pool. It’s a Batesian mimic: it pretends to be a bee as a defense mechanism. The female lays her eggs at the entrance to the nests of solitary bees and wasps so that her larvae can eat the larvae inside the nest. iPhone 17 Pro macro mode. Alicante, Spain. He rescatado de una piscina a esta mosca (Bombylius major) y que parece ser de peluche. Es una mimética batesiana: Se hace pasar por una abeja como defensa. La h...

• Post #3235885

  I think it’s a Philodromus aureolus spider or Golden running-spider, although the abdomen is very hairy. The spider is barely 1 cm and I use a lens over the main camera of the iPhone to reduce the depth of field. The effect is nice but it is impossible to focus all the legs. Alicante, Spain. Creo que se trata de una araña Philodromus aureolus, o araña corredora dorada, aunque el abdomen está muy peludo. La araña mide apenas 1 cm y utilizo una lente sobre la cámara principal del iPhone para redu...

• Post #3235884

  “Where to, boss?" This snail carried that fly on its shell for at least 45 minutes. The fly, totally still, just rubbed its little legs from time to time. It looked like an unreleased scene from the movie “Bugs.” Alicante. Spain. Short video shot with the macro mode of an iPhone. #macro #animals #insects #nature #shotoniphone

• Post #3235882

  A seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata) has just landed on a lavender flower. It’s interesting how its wings are much larger than its elytra, so it has to fold them carefully. iPhone 17 Pro macro mode. Alicante, Spain. Una mariquita de siete puntos (coccinella septempunctata) acaba de aterrizar sobre una flor de lavanda. Es curioso cómo las alas son mucho mayores que los élitros y debe plegarlas cuidadosamente. Ein Siebenpunkt-Marienkäfer (Coccinella septempunctata) ist gerade auf...

• Post #1655522

  This little Thomisus onustus, also known as a crab spider, hides on a lavender waiting for prey. They’re usually white or light beige, but they change color to blend in with their surroundings. The bright yellow one must have been on yellow flowers before climbing onto this pink bell-shaped blossom. I photographed both of them just a few meters apart. iPhone 17 Pro + lens to get a shallow depth of field. Alicante, Spain. Esta pequeña Thomisus Onustus o araña cangrejo se camufla en una lavanda a...