I think most of my missed opportunities, and this includes all areas of my life, are because I fail to be there, to take the necessary steps to be there. If I had not picked up my camera and tripod then headed to Blendon Woods Metro Park, I would not have had the opportunity to meet this milkweed bug face-to-face. Nor, would he/she have had the opportunity to meet me. 🙂 If you look close enough I thin there is a smile on their face. I did not plan our encounter but was actually searching for raindrops on leaves or flowers after a hard rain we’d just had. And, once I’d experienced this moment I needed to know something about them, so I googled milkweed bugs. I discovered an interesting little character. Yep, I need to place myself in more places so I do not miss any more opportunities.
And, in case you need to know a milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus, is a very large–sized hemipteran of the family Lygaeidae. And, believe it or not, they feed on milkweed plant juices, seeds and occasionally on other plant juices.
8 Comments
sabrina
Loving your macros, Monte. You’re so close, I can almost hear this one.
Monte Stevens
Thanks, Sabrina! With decent equipment and spending a bit of time in the garden we can find some nice images in our collection but the real reason I shoot them is because it does require me to get close and down to their level. Sort of like you safari images, if you don’t go on a safari, how ya gonna get those the images.
Ray K
doing something is always better than nothing. To many wait for the world to come to them and miss so much.
Love the macro images Monte
Monte Stevens
I like how you think, sort of, and you always seem to say a lot in a few words. And, I admit to being one of those who sat on his keester way too many times waiting for the world to arrive at my doorstep. Heck, finding my doorstep is what I need to be doing.
Earl
Monte, I’ll echo Sabrina and Ray, enjoying the macro’s.
That’s a smile…I thought it was baring it’s teeth? 😉
Monte Stevens
Thanks, Earl.
QPB (Mary Ann)
Nice photo and I share your sentiments. Its so very easy to decide not to do something, because it requires little energy to miss an opportunity. Good for you.
Monte Stevens
I do need to be prodded every once in a while or those opportunities slip by.