Photos of bugs and other things people might be phobic about

[Joolz]

[Conforumist]

^^^^Very Cool Joolz!

[Selkie]

I'm not generally a fan of flies but the iridescence on that is lovely.

The other day our niece found this caterpillar in my sister in law's garden. It is a sphinx but not a gordius. It was a sphinx ligustri or privet hawk moth according to the clever bods at the Natural History Museum who identified it for us. I've never seen such a large caterpillar before. And that spike on its tail is scarey!

[Joolz]

Cool caterpillar

[Conforumist]

^^^Wow, very horny!

[Tonyblack]

Great pictures!

[Catch-up]

Cheery!! I definitely would have freaked.

Joolz, cool picture. But, ick. I really hate flies.

Selkie that is an awesome caterpillar! The girls would love to find one like that.

[spideyGirl]

Saw this little fella on holiday in Turkey

[Catch-up]

Little? He's very cool.

[cheery_j.]

Cheery!! I definitely would have freaked.

I did. The above was the tame version for this cosy little family board.

[Mycroft Vimes]

Few new dragonflies of late :
Black-tailed Skimmer(Orthetrum cancellatum).

This is not one of my best shots,but given the rarity of the dragonfly in question it makes it a good one for me!
Scarlet Dragonfly(Crocothemis erythraea).

Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta).

And lastly one for the phobia'-angle...

[Tonyblack]

Very cool pictures!

[Joolz]

Great pics

[Selkie]

Gorgeous dragonflies

[AuntyVague]

Brilliant photos everyone

We get more than enough flies around here in summer to have a healthy disrespect for them, but that is such an amazing photo Joolz! The metallic sheen is truly amazing.

I am going to have to show your photo to my daughter Selkie, she will be green with envy!

I am also pretty amazed by the size of that 'little' critter Spideygirl, still he looks peaceful enough

...and I've always been amazed by your dragonfly pics Mycroft! Ours will be buzzing about again soon, so I'm going to have to try to get a decent picture (again )

And it is probably just as well you had Mr calm and collected there with you cheery_j ...I would have only screamed and the ant would have promptly run back in for cover!