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Up close with a beautiful lacewing with really reflective wings. Italochrysa sp., near I. insignis - ID credit: Roberto A. Pantaleoni. Selangor, Malaysia.
Italochrysa cf. insignis _MG_4506 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Beautiful lacewing photobombed by a winged ant! Italochrysa sp., near I. insignis - ID credit: Roberto A. Pantaleoni. Selangor, Malaysia.
Italochrysa cf. insignis _MG_4514 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Italochrysa cf. insignis _MG_4518 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Beetle larva. Rhagophthalmidae? Or Phengodidae? I spotted it only because it glowed in the dark! Moving non-stop! Selangor, Malaysia.
Pengolidae is restricted to the New World only - info credit: Doug Yangea.
Rhagophthalmidae? IMG_4457 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

It glows in the dark!
Rhagophthalmidae? IMG_4465 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Just some dead leaves, twigs..etc....
Dead Leaf Mantis nymph, Deroplatys sp., Selangor, Malaysia
Deroplatys lobata IMG_3734 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Cotton stainer bugs (Dysdercus decussatus - Family: Pyrrhocoridae). ID credit: Marcus Ng. Singapore.
Dysdercus decussatus_MG_4306 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Up close with a jungle roach, rather high up on a tree trunk. Malaysia.
Morphna dotata (Walker, 1869). - ID credit: Stefan Phalagorn
Morphna dotata_MG_4186 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr
 
Another great set of images Kurt, #1, & #3, of the Lacewing are "Stunning" with great composition and lighting. #8 of the Jungle Roach for me has everything with excellent detail, good composition, spot on exposure and really nice tight framing.(y)

George.
 
G.K.Jnr. said:
Another great set of images Kurt, #1, & #3, of the Lacewing are "Stunning" with great composition and lighting. #8 of the Jungle Roach for me has everything with excellent detail, good composition, spot on exposure and really nice tight framing.(y)

George.
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Thanks, George.

BillN_33 said:
Wonderful Kurt
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Thanks, Bill.
 
A beautiful lacewing indeed! I think that is the best portrait of a cockroach I have ever seen though! It's as if it's posing for you especially.

Any ideas what that light circle is below the eye and beside the antenna? I thought at first it was a blemish on the photo (God forbid) but studying it further I can see what looks like another of the opposite side. Some kind of sensory pit perhaps?

You did well to get that larva glowing in the dark. Did you manage to hand hold it?
 
Great set Kurt and I too wonder how you managed the glow shot. Did you shine some light on it or is this from the moon?
 
TimmyG said:
A beautiful lacewing indeed! I think that is the best portrait of a cockroach I have ever seen though! It's as if it's posing for you especially.

Any ideas what that light circle is below the eye and beside the antenna? I thought at first it was a blemish on the photo (God forbid) but studying it further I can see what looks like another of the opposite side. Some kind of sensory pit perhaps?

You did well to get that larva glowing in the dark. Did you manage to hand hold it?
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Thanks, Timmy. Those light circles are on all roaches of this species. I have photographed a different specimen before:

Jungle Roach IMG_4630 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

I turned off my speedlight (270EX), changed my setting to ISO1600, 1/30, F2.8. Handheld. I spotted that larva because it glowed in the dark in the first place.

Tintin124 said:
Great set Kurt and I too wonder how you managed the glow shot. Did you shine some light on it or is this from the moon?
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Thanks, Bryn. That larva didn't need any light to glow. It's from within :D. I turned off my speedlight (270EX), changed my setting to ISO1600, 1/30, F2.8. Handheld. I spotted that larva because it glowed in the dark in the first place.

lightshipman said:
Very very sharp, brilliant.
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Thanks, Andrew.

T0p cat said:
Beautifully captured light on the wing in the first shot. It reminds me of some Art deco.
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Thanks, T0p cat.
 
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