Comments for Myrmecos Blog http://myrmecos.wordpress.com Insects, Photography, Life Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:41:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Online Copyright Registration by James C. Trager http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/online-copyright-registration/#comment-4534 James C. Trager Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:41:16 +0000 http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/?p=3823#comment-4534 Hmm -- I've seen this picture somewhere before. I'll let someone else reveal its name, but a hint -- it's African. Hmm — I’ve seen this picture somewhere before. I’ll let someone else reveal its name, but a hint — it’s African.

]]> Comment on Metallic Green Bee, Agapostemon sp. by jason http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/metallic-green-bee-agapostemon-sp/#comment-4533 jason Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:23:02 +0000 http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/?p=3818#comment-4533 Stunning colors! What a fantastic photo. In the remnants of the Blackland Prairie that--strangely enough--exist inside an urban park here in Dallas, these bees are prolific in spring and summer. They're small but definitely worth stopping to admire. And the more I look at this photo, the more I'm mesmerized by the eye and the pollen on the back leg. You really captured some beautiful details. Wow! Stunning colors! What a fantastic photo. In the remnants of the Blackland Prairie that–strangely enough–exist inside an urban park here in Dallas, these bees are prolific in spring and summer. They’re small but definitely worth stopping to admire.

And the more I look at this photo, the more I’m mesmerized by the eye and the pollen on the back leg. You really captured some beautiful details. Wow!

]]> Comment on Metallic Green Bee, Agapostemon sp. by Nicholas http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/metallic-green-bee-agapostemon-sp/#comment-4531 Nicholas Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:28:20 +0000 http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/?p=3818#comment-4531 Wow, beautiful pretty colours :-) Nice one! Wow, beautiful pretty colours :-)
Nice one!

]]> Comment on Metallic Green Bee, Agapostemon sp. by Justin http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/metallic-green-bee-agapostemon-sp/#comment-4530 Justin Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:41:43 +0000 http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/?p=3818#comment-4530 Fairport!? Why were you in Fairport? Fairport!? Why were you in Fairport?

]]> Comment on Online Copyright Registration by James C. Trager http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/online-copyright-registration/#comment-4529 James C. Trager Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:37:56 +0000 http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/?p=3823#comment-4529 Well, Mr. Myrmecos was in Florida recently, so <i>L. manni</i> makes some sort of sense, except that in my experience, it is quite reddish and has notable punctate sculpture on the head -- http://www.antweb.org/description.do?rank=species&genus=leptogenys&name=manni&project=floridaants. Well, Mr. Myrmecos was in Florida recently, so L. manni makes some sort of sense, except that in my experience, it is quite reddish and has notable punctate sculpture on the head — http://www.antweb.org/description.do?rank=species&genus=leptogenys&name=manni&project=floridaants.

]]> Comment on Metallic Green Bee, Agapostemon sp. by MrILoveTheAnts http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/metallic-green-bee-agapostemon-sp/#comment-4527 MrILoveTheAnts Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:21:20 +0000 http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/?p=3818#comment-4527 What is the flower? A native rose? What is the flower? A native rose?

]]> Comment on Metallic Green Bee, Agapostemon sp. by Matt http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/metallic-green-bee-agapostemon-sp/#comment-4526 Matt Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:26:18 +0000 http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/?p=3818#comment-4526 Absolutely stunning shot. I love how the eye and the stamen are in the same focal plane. Absolutely stunning shot. I love how the eye and the stamen are in the same focal plane.

]]> Comment on Metallic Green Bee, Agapostemon sp. by Warren http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/metallic-green-bee-agapostemon-sp/#comment-4525 Warren Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:24:19 +0000 http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/?p=3818#comment-4525 I love metallic bugs.  Al, you should put out a coffee table book of bug photos. Sell posters. Maybe smugmug already does this. Get some media student to put together a YouTube video showcasing your photography, set to music. You're really amazing and most people have never seen your stuff. You deserve the exposure. No one cares about ant taxonomy, but people remember amazing photos forever. It's not fair and it's not right, but it's true. I realize that for professional reasons you've got to play down your photography as a pleasant aside to serious research. But your pictures tell a different story. Am I way off-base? Cheers I love metallic bugs. 

Al, you should put out a coffee table book of bug photos. Sell posters. Maybe smugmug already does this. Get some media student to put together a YouTube video showcasing your photography, set to music. You’re really amazing and most people have never seen your stuff. You deserve the exposure. No one cares about ant taxonomy, but people remember amazing photos forever. It’s not fair and it’s not right, but it’s true. I realize that for professional reasons you’ve got to play down your photography as a pleasant aside to serious research. But your pictures tell a different story. Am I way off-base?

Cheers

]]> Comment on Online Copyright Registration by Brian http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/online-copyright-registration/#comment-4523 Brian Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:42:04 +0000 http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/?p=3823#comment-4523 http://antbase.org/ants/africa/leptogenys/leptogenys_crassinoda/leptogenys_crassinoda.htm ? http://antbase.org/ants/africa/leptogenys/leptogenys_crassinoda/leptogenys_crassinoda.htm ?

]]> Comment on Online Copyright Registration by JasonC. http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/online-copyright-registration/#comment-4522 JasonC. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:36:12 +0000 http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/?p=3823#comment-4522 Since someone already guessed L. manni, I'll just go with Leptogenys elongata. Since someone already guessed L. manni, I’ll just go with Leptogenys elongata.

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