bug face, face bug?

andrewtansj · 22nd April 2008

took this picture in chinese garden, not sure what's the name of this insect. anyone can help ID it?

cool hairdo har...

Leong23 · 22nd April 2008

You took this at Chinese Garden, this bug look japanese to me.

Btw, it's a type of Stink Bug, scientific name is catacanthus incarnatus

denniskee · 22nd April 2008

now thats a face you dont get to see often.

andrewtansj · 22nd April 2008

Originally Posted by Leong23

You took this at Chinese Garden, this bug look japanese to me.

Btw, it's a type of Stink Bug, scientific name is catacanthus incarnatus

haha... yah... thanks, googled it and realised there are so many variations...

Originally Posted by denniskee

now thats a face you dont get to see often.

hahaha... the smile look so kind and heart warming... not sure whether the bug feels so though...

agentmonkey · 22nd April 2008

looks like guy smiley from sesame street...you know the irritating reporter muppet with the perpetual smile? haha

agentmonkey · 22nd April 2008

then again...it also looks like elvis...the black tip of its wings seem to resemble his hair..haha

scionfire · 22nd April 2008

Hi, andrew!

I just want to let you know that i love this piocture very much! It really portrays the wonders of nature.....though i have seen pictures of this insect before, who would have guessed that on close up, it looks so interesting and admittedly....cute? Did a quick google search on the insect and realised that not aot of photographers, from some reason, have taken the insect i the orientation you did...most did not take the picture with the "face" being the subject =D

Hahah

It looks great and i enjoy looking at this picture =D

And yes, it does look like Elvis....with waxed hair ;D

denniskee · 22nd April 2008

looks like that robot man in the movie "AI".

andrewtansj · 22nd April 2008

Originally Posted by agentmonkey

then again...it also looks like elvis...the black tip of its wings seem to resemble his hair..haha

Originally Posted by agentmonkey

looks like guy smiley from sesame street...you know the irritating reporter muppet with the perpetual smile? haha

haha... agree... does look like both of them

andrewtansj · 22nd April 2008

Originally Posted by scionfire

Hi, andrew!

I just want to let you know that i love this piocture very much! It really portrays the wonders of nature.....though i have seen pictures of this insect before, who would have guessed that on close up, it looks so interesting and admittedly....cute? Did a quick google search on the insect and realised that not aot of photographers, from some reason, have taken the insect i the orientation you did...most did not take the picture with the "face" being the subject

Hahah

It looks great and i enjoy looking at this picture

And yes, it does look like Elvis....with waxed hair

thanks for the kind compliments

think I took about 20 unsuccessful pictures of these fella, though it's quite big, didn't have much problem with the focusing, but did have problem with the composition and waiting for it to move to the right angle to get the "face" shot. am still trying to pick up macro photography and glad that you liked it.

Originally Posted by denniskee

looks like that robot man in the movie "AI".

yeh... gigolo joe...now you mentioned...

Outlook · 23rd April 2008

Nice capture.

Have not have a chance seeing it in live yet.

mtunlinn · 23rd April 2008

Nice eye contact....

pixelArtwork · 23rd April 2008

This is good!

Ayie1786 · 24th April 2008

superb photo... 'it' was smiling at you... did you smile back?

csnap · 24th April 2008

This bug is really interesting!!!

valkyrie · 25th April 2008

For those who wanted to see it. You can view it at Sentosa Insect Kingdom.

shgfun · 27th April 2008

super interesting, great find and nice capture!

jungsangchoe · 27th April 2008

sir wad lens u use?

2ichigo2 · 27th April 2008

Nice finding... i hope i can meet one too~

andrewtansj · 28th April 2008

thanks to all for kind compliments... taken with tamron 90mm macro on nikon d200.

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andrewtansj Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Singapore Posts: 2,446	bug face, face bug? took this picture in chinese garden, not sure what's the name of this insect. anyone can help ID it? cool hairdo har... __________________ [andrewtansj] A Photo A Day 2009 Flickr

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Leong23 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Ming City Posts: 2,809	Re: bug face, face bug? You took this at Chinese Garden, this bug look japanese to me. Btw, it's a type of Stink Bug, scientific name is catacanthus incarnatus __________________ flickr APAD 09 Last edited by Leong23; 22nd April 2008 at 03:01 AM.

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scionfire New Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 6	Re: bug face, face bug? Hi, andrew! I just want to let you know that i love this piocture very much! It really portrays the wonders of nature.....though i have seen pictures of this insect before, who would have guessed that on close up, it looks so interesting and admittedly....cute? Did a quick google search on the insect and realised that not aot of photographers, from some reason, have taken the insect i the orientation you did...most did not take the picture with the "face" being the subject =D Hahah It looks great and i enjoy looking at this picture =D And yes, it does look like Elvis....with waxed hair ;D __________________ "He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how." Friedrich Nietzsche Last edited by scionfire; 22nd April 2008 at 02:50 PM.

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