Well, one of them is a bushcricket technically; it belongs to the Tettigoniidae family but bushcrickets are often considered long-horned grasshoppers so the title isn't laying. (Enlargeable)All the photographs presented in today's macro-themed shitpost were taken in the summer of 2007. A long time ago is a vague, relative term, it could mean different things for different people and in different contexts but the year 2007 fits that category very well in my book, so since this is my post, yeah, these are all insects from an ancient era when I used a different camera and macro equipment. In the opening shot, a Tylopsis lilifolia bushcricket is cleaning its feet to keep them adhesive.

Well, I didn't spend three whole days in the quarry to get the abundance of visual material for today's post but I did visit it for a few hours a day, three days in a row, in the first half of October 2023. (Enlargeable)

It was raining the whole day but the rain was soft and sparse so I wasn't in the mood to stay home all the time. At some point in the early afternoon, bored by more or less everything the Internet offers, I sat in my car and drove to the nearest city to buy one thing that same car needed to look better on the annual roadworthiness test.

It was raining the whole morning and I needed a mouse; an electronic mouse, not a furry one made of a bit of flesh and tiny bones. (Enlargeable)Hidden in plain sight among the mice shown in this opening shot there is the one I bought a few hours ago. I'll give you a juicy upvote and a smile if you guess the right mouse.

I often have to walk through the woods, along the shores & across the meadows all around Istra to get interesting material for long, elaborate macro-themed posts. Quite often, but not always. (Enlargeable)On the 5th of November 2023, I went on an epic journey across my backyard. In today's post, I'll present what I found while exploring the juicy green grass of my lawn. Have a good viewing.

Today, after finishing some work in the center, I drove to the tourism-oriented, seaside part of the city, a place called Verudela. The city in question is Pula, of course, the nearest one to my hometown. (Enlargeable)This is the Park Plaza Arena Hotel. Behind the hotel, less than fifty meters from the building ...