aphid

Tagged: aphid

Week 31, August 3-9, 2025 – Morning Insects

August 9th, 2025

Tagged 100mm f2.8 macro, 2022, 2023, 2025, 22.07.31, 23.06.05, 25.07.13, 25.08.02, A7r3, ailanthus webworm, ambush bug, animal, aphid, aphids, Aug25, August, blossom, bug, Camp Tomo-Chi-Chi Knolls, cone flower, D750, daddy long-legs, damsel fly, Elgin, Elgin IL, eyes, flower, Gilberts IL, grass, grasshopper, green, hair, Harvestman, hopper, insect, insect macro, Jul22, Jul25, July, Jun23, June, Laona 100mm f2.8 2x macro, Laona macro, leaf, leaves, legs, macro, moth, NENA Butterfly Garden, Nikon, orange, Sony, stalk, stem, sunlight, sunshine, sweat bee, Week 31 2025, WEEKS, WEEKS 2025, wings, yellow

“Traffic Jam”

August 4th, 2025

Tagged 100mm f2.8 macro, 2025, 25.08.02, animal, aphid, aphids, Aug25, August, bug, D750, Elgin, Elgin IL, insect, leaves, legs, macro, Nikon, stalk, stem, sunlight, sunshine, Week 31 2025

monday morning

What a perfect metaphor for a Monday! A traffic jam of aphids sucking the life out of this plant!
I am fascinated by aphids visually; they definitely follow a “pack” mentality, and hilariously are often only hanging on by their front feet and jaws. And their bodies are so simple or small that they just glow in the sunlight.

Week 42; October 20-26, 2013

October 26th, 2013

“A Tiny Farm”

October 24th, 2013

Tagged 13.08.11, 2013, 55mm f2.8 macro, animal, aphid, Aug13, August, D7000, flower, insect, Nikon, Pleasant Valley Conservation Area, Week 42 2013

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Week 36; September 2-8, 2012 – Insects

September 8th, 2012

“Sheltered Picnic”

September 6th, 2012

Tagged 12.09.02, 2012, aphid, Binnie County Forest Preserve, flower, insect, iPhone, iPhone 4s, iPhone 4s macro, iPhone macro, macro, Olloclip, Olloclip macro, pollen, red, Sept12, September, Week 36 2012, yellow

Week 3; January 16-22, 2011

January 22nd, 2011

Tagged 08.04.12, 08.05.03, 09.06.10, 09.08.08, 09.08.10, 10.09.10, 2008, 2009, 2010, aphid, Apr08, April, Aug09, August, black & white, black&white, blue, Brokaw WI, brown, Calatrava, Chicago IL, D50, D80, D90, damsel fly, Dundee IL, FAVORITES, fire, firepit, flower, green, insect, Jun09, June, macro, Marina Towers, May, May08, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee WI, monochrome, night photo, purple, reflection, Sept10, September, snow, SOLD, timelapse, Week 3 2011, WEEKS, white, winter, Wisconsin River

“Aphid’s Forest”

January 17th, 2011

Tagged 09.06.10, 2009, aphid, D80, Dundee IL, green, insect, Jun09, June, macro, purple, Week 3 2011

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