The first is a picture of some aphids on the stem of an Dahlia plant. See them? They are the tiny yellow things. See the ants? They are "milking" the aphids for their honeydew secretions. It's true - I even checked here. This is something I observed last year and didn't believe Husband when he told me. I should have believed him, after all, he was right about Ant Lions and other odd facts I never knew.
The second picture is of a yellow crab spider hiding camouflaged on a sunflower.
Great finds for tiny! I think the 2nd photo is my fave, due to the color - it' so vibrant. Tho, the first one is neat, too... nice capture of those tiny creatures! =)
ReplyDeleteI love the 2nd photo more. It's beautiful. The color combination is perfect for this week's theme. Wishing you a calm, happy and lovely weekend! http://crizlai.blogspot.com/2007/07/photo-hunters-tiny.html
ReplyDeleteGreat pics. I am glad to see someone else blogging Misumena vatia we get a lot of crab spiders in our garden. Mine were white rather than yeallow as seen in this post last month
ReplyDeletehttp://thepoormouth.blogspot.com/2007/06/wordless-wednesday-crab-spider-on-guard.html
Happy weekend!
The spider shot was very nice. Thank you!
ReplyDeletetiny ants....love it!
ReplyDeletei hit enter before i was done!!! again, love your little bugs!
ReplyDeletevery tiny and very beautiful!! Happy Hunting!!
ReplyDeleteI always forget how tiny aphids are until I see them next to an ant. I'm not a big fan of spiders, but your yellow crab spider was ok to look at. :) I know I have all kinds of bugs in my garden... I just don't think about them much or I tend to get the goose bumps :)
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend!
im not a big fan of the crawlies but i love your pic! i love the 2nd pic and the lovely color of the flower
ReplyDeleteGreat Choise for this weeks Theme. Happy 20.07.2007 ;-)
ReplyDeletegreat set of pics. love the 2nd one a camouflage.
ReplyDeletethese are beautiful subjects. great shots as well. :)
ReplyDeletewow they are tiny!
ReplyDeleteBoth great photos. I love the 2nd one, tiny and camouflaged. Happy weekend.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers. But no to those ants. It gives me the shivers.
ReplyDeleteMine is up too.
great pictures!
ReplyDeleteCool pictures, must have some nice lenses. I hate spiders so I would need a super telephoto lens to shot one.
ReplyDeleteI like the second image - very well done.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the lesson in ANTcestory,... lol. It is amazing how you can capture such tiny creatures. Haven't seen spiders that color, so vibrant. Great photos, have a great weekend and thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWow! what great photography! I'm telling ya, I am learning so much I didnt want to know from the photo hunt posts! lol..My photo is up, please come and visit
ReplyDeletefrom what I had read before, those secretions taste like sweet milk...
ReplyDeleteand i have never seen a picture of a crab spider... Lucky of me to drop by here and see something totally new for me...
in my opinion, the 2nd one is my fav, because I personally like yellow colour.
mine's up too... check it out...
http://alvin-chew.blogspot.com/2007/07/photo-hunter-tiny.html
have a nice weekend...
cheers
Both are wonderful photo catches! Great for this theme.
ReplyDeletecome see mine.
great photography this week!
ReplyDeleteLove your yellow spider.
ReplyDeletehave a great weekend! :)
The colors are outstanding!
ReplyDeleteGreat shots! Those are very cool. :) Love the colours in the second photo. :) Nice choices for the theme this week. :)
ReplyDeleteTerrific tiny photos!!! You did really good... take care and happy day :)
ReplyDeleteBoth photos are really good for tiny.
ReplyDeleteCan't decide which I like best.
Excellent shots. The one that fascinates me is the aphid/ants one. The aphids are all swollen up with nectar? Triple cool!
ReplyDeleteThat crab spider photo is amazing!
ReplyDeleteI have a husband who knows all sort of obscure things like that: irritating, isn't it, when they're right?!!
I like the 2nd pict.
ReplyDeleteI think if you photoshopped a baby head on the bug, you would gice Anne Geddes some competition
I love the spider. Great tiny photo.
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