Weird Bug
I noticed this odd bug on my back door this evening and decided to grab the camera. Alas, it fell off the door (onto me!) and I inadvertantly brought it inside, where it settled on one of the lights on the ceiling.
After fetching a ladder, I managed a couple of shots.
The background has been cleaned up somewhat on this one.
View all photos taken: Friday, 10th December 2010, This photo: 8:37pm
Thats one cool bug David!! Wouldn't have a clue what it is.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/36021204@N03] Resembles a very very small six-legged Moose ;-)
Beetle, actually www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/12/28/unidentified-australian-l... and www.scienceimage.csiro.au/index.cfm?event=site.image.deta...
It is very cool.
It's a Feather Horned Longicorn
Edit - Beaten to the punch
Great shot!
Beautiful fellow :-)
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kjbeath] Ah now I should have known that, having looked one up before... d'oh!
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyron] Quite so! Still resembles a Moose though.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/spasmoid] Shot from half way up a ladder too ;-)
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/cobra_11] As long as he doesn't land on me when I'm sleeping :P
ew! It looks like the antennae are growing out of its eyes!
How did you "clean it up", Dave? Meticulous cutout, or were you able to magic wand it? (I do a lot of cutouts for my workwebsite, and am always looking for better ways to do it...)
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/apurdam] He was on a neutral background (cream-ish in colour) and thus there was a lot of contrast, so I did a Select Colour Range, in photoshop, added a couple of ranges (kept the tolerance low), then duplicated the layer, inverted the selection, added it as a layer mask and added a white layer below it. A few minor touchups of the mask by hand and voila!
great shot
One thing I remember about living in QLD was the weird and wonderful bugs. Some of them were HUGE too :)
I've seen this fellow (ok, presumably his relatives, not him) many times before - they are obviously quite common around here.
I think its kind of cute, I dont mind bugs and beetles, we get longhorns over here and they bare a passing resemblance to this chap, perhaps its a similar family. I remember going outside late one night for some fresh air whilst staying at my parents house. I didnt realise till I came in that I'd acquired a very large cockchafer type insect broach , never having seen one quite so close before I was very pleased that I didnt scream and wake everyone up !
OMG !
good