Just felt like sharing..

[Festiva_Fred]

We have lots of those around here

Thats a Praying Mantis, cool pictures!

[Damkid]

I've seen one of these before! Have you ever seen a stick bug? Looks just like a stick, but is actually a bug and can crawl around! Very cool looking.

We have lots of those around here

[Damkid]

Those are some neat pics Paul!!

[91blufestiva]

I've seen one of these before! Have you ever seen a stick bug? Looks just like a stick, but is actually a bug and can crawl around! Very cool looking.

[neanderpaul]

No, I'm a singer songwriter! :smile: I love critters and I love to take pics, but I also love painting, drawing, sculpting, videography. I Pretty much enjoy anything that takes creativity. I'd like to get into acting in musicals too.

However. All hobbies and interests fall a distant second behind my music.

[Stowchicky]

so are you a photographer?

[Ogrestiva]

All hail hypnotoad!!!

[nonamekid]

Love the pics. The quality is nice.

[neanderpaul]

The little orange assasin was in a Jar of wineberries we picked in the National Forest in Craig county here in VA. The The big wheel bug was in Atlanta outside of my wife's grandmother's townhouse. Some of the other bugs, the toad, and the snake were on hikes. caught the opossum in my back yard. I let him go. I like critters. All of them!!

[ejp2fast]

those are some mean bugs! especially with the name "assasin". where'd you find all these critters?

[neanderpaul]

A wheel bug. It's a large assasin bug. He was a good 2" - 2 1/2". He stabs other insects with his probiscus (mouth tube) and sucks out their guts! YUMMY!

I still don't know if that tiny orange assasin bug eats the wineberries I found him on or other bugs that eat the wineberries.

[Stowchicky]

what is the bug in the 22nd picture?

[neanderpaul]

That first one is an assasin beetle. To give you an idea of his size... he is standing on a quarter .

[ejp2fast]

nice pics carbon!!! what in the world is that first insect?

[Evan80]

That looks like one peeved off possum. Nice pics!