Tag Archives: photography techniques

When hardcore botany meets hardcore nature photography—nature geekery at its finest!

Posted on April 10, 2019 by

Last Saturday, the Webster Groves Nature Study Society (WGNSS) Nature Photography Group was joined by several members of the WGNSS Botany Group and Missouri Native Plant Society to look for one of Missouri’s rarest plants—Geocarpon minimum, a.k.a. tinytim or earth-fruit … Continue reading →

Posted in Brassicaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Crassulaceae, Montiaceae, Papaveraceae, Rosaceae | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Another look at North America’s most beautiful longhorned beetle

Posted on March 5, 2019 by

My love affair with the bumelia borer, Plinthocoelium suaveolens, has been well-chronicled on this blog. The combination of its large size, striking iridescent green elytra, brilliant coppery head and pronotum, and marvelously elongate antennae and legs – both black but the latter … Continue reading →

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Mrs. Monday Jumper

Posted on May 21, 2014 by

In my previous post, Monday Jumper, I featured a photo of a strikingly colored jumping spider (family Salticidae) that apparently represents an adult male Phidippus princeps. Far too skittish to attempt photographing in the field, I placed him in a vial and photographed … Continue reading →

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