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Andy, the first three of those pics aren't coming up for me.


The Locus Borer looks like a wingless wasp, but is a longhorn beetle. The larve chew up under the bark of black locust trees. The adults feast upon the pollen of goldenrod.
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The Red Legged locust (female pictured) is one of those swarming locusts that munch down on leafy green crops.
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Matt wrote:Andy, the first three of those pics aren't coming up for me.
Hi Matt. Not sure why, working for me on multiple computers.
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Coming up now. Nice set!
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male red legged locust
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Some sort of garden orb weaver
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This one won't win any awards, but I wanted to show what a 3mm tick looks like. I just pulled this one off my golden retriever! These are a real problem here in Thailand. They are not cause for concern about disease, but even using tick medicines I routinely pull off a dozen per day per dog during rainy season. Ugh.

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Not much going on around my house these days! Here is another Thai fly.

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Andy, are you focus stacking these? The DOF is stellar!
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