# Monthly Photo Competition #14 - Jan 2024 - “Bugs”
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-14-jan-2024-bugs/995733
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** photo
**Created:** [January 7, 2024, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-14-jan-2024-bugs/995733 "2024-01-07T11:31:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2024, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-14-jan-2024-bugs/995733/1 "2024-01-07T11:31:27Z")
This is the monthly thread for **January 2024**. The topic this month is “ **Bugs** ”, chosen by @Dogginit
Please note:
1. The general rules for the competition are [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642).
2. **One entry per person per month**. To make the photos easier to review (and to make the voting poll easier to compile) please only post **once** to this thread, with your entry. Your post can include a caption with whatever info you want to give.
3. Please keep all discussion in the [rolling discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642).
4. Once the submission deadline has passed, I’ll put a voting poll **in this thread**.
Dates:
Submission deadline: **9pm UK time on Friday 26th January**
Voting deadline: **9pm UK time on Tuesday 30th Jan**
Good luck!
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### Author:  [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-14-jan-2024-bugs/995733/2 "2024-01-08T03:09:40Z")
Well, I guess this little critter can get us started…
[ ](https://www.genderkitten.com/WS4/Upload_Download/IMG_0412.JPG)
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### Author:  [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2024, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-14-jan-2024-bugs/995733/3 "2024-01-08T04:57:03Z")
From Bali. This spider’s abdomen was just a bit smaller than my thumb.
[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/64744389@N02/53450267883/)
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### Author:  [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-14-jan-2024-bugs/995733/4 "2024-01-08T13:41:48Z")
Dragonfly arculus is art and architecture. The median veins in the wing form elliptical arches to join at a diagonal brace between the thick drivers. This joint allows the insect to alter the incidence and camber of four oscillating wings when engaging in aerial acrobatics. Canon A650, homemade macro rig.
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/cCcklAR.jpg)
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### Author:  [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-14-jan-2024-bugs/995733/5 "2024-01-08T16:39:18Z")
Here is a nice white-lined sphinx, AKA “hummingbird moth” feeding on some clover, I encountered while on a late summer hike in the Sierra (it was so fast-moving my phone camera could not but get a fuzzy image of it’s wings):
[ ](https://imgur.com/YdnJTMf)
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-14-jan-2024-bugs/995733/6 "2024-01-08T17:09:27Z")
A blue and black Red Spotted Purple
[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/45215582@N06/53451435413/)
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### Author:  [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-14-jan-2024-bugs/995733/7 "2024-01-08T17:13:09Z")
[ ](https://imgur.com/gx5VwVT)
Goldenrod Crab Spider at the dinnertable
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### Author:  [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-14-jan-2024-bugs/995733/8 "2024-01-08T17:22:29Z")
Eastern bumblebee, taken in summer, Laurel MD:
[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/31573076@N00/53451710820/)
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### Author:  [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-14-jan-2024-bugs/995733/9 "2024-01-08T18:16:46Z")
I didn’t think I had a photo for this month, but it turns out I do.
This lovely lady set up housekeeping between two T-posts in my woodshed.
[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/194984876@N07/53451277941/in/dateposted-public/)
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### Author:  [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-14-jan-2024-bugs/995733/10 "2024-01-08T19:41:39Z")
Here a different shade of pale:
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/lYHu4kX.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-14-jan-2024-bugs/995733/11 "2024-01-09T17:17:10Z")
Stick bug next to our front door.
[ ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZAK37pDgfuYmUWPV7)
(Argh! Stupid preview. Click to see entire photo.)
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### Author:  [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-14-jan-2024-bugs/995733/12 "2024-01-13T13:00:49Z")
Bee on a passion fruit flower:
[ ](https://imgur.com/JSXbxDZ)
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### Author:  [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-14-jan-2024-bugs/995733/13 "2024-01-14T00:22:06Z")
I actually didn’t use this picture as my entry for the “flowers” theme last spring because I felt the insect was more prominent than the flower. But that makes it perfect for this theme!
Taken at South Yuba River State Park, California last April.
[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/52857306438/)
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### Author:  [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-14-jan-2024-bugs/995733/14 "2024-01-14T01:59:28Z")
Please click the image for full-size.
[ ](https://imgur.com/Hlljz4H)
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### Author:  [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-14-jan-2024-bugs/995733/15 "2024-01-20T21:37:25Z")
Wave your hands in the air, like you just don’t care
[ ](https://alex.strinka.net/photography/photos/Lkhevhv.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-14-jan-2024-bugs/995733/16 "2024-01-22T20:53:01Z")
With regret, I got nothing new. Rose chafer from archive.
[ ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/pq5DmsZEczwWvMkX9)
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### Author:  [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2024, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-14-jan-2024-bugs/995733/17 "2024-01-23T03:05:09Z")
I kept thinking I would go outside and make a “snowbug,” but that would involve going outside, so here’s one from 2021. Not especially great as a photo, but I would love to know what kind of bug it is. Taken in Puerto Rico.
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/3CTFm2a.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-14-jan-2024-bugs/995733/18 "2024-01-24T01:05:24Z")
[ ](https://imgur.com/rCT5YOD)
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### Author:  [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-14-jan-2024-bugs/995733/19 "2024-01-24T18:36:10Z")
Not a particularly impressive photo; but contrary to expectations, I did find an actual bug\* active in Southern Oregon in January. So I’ll go with it.
\*a member of the order Hemiptera, the “true bugs”
[ ](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ABLVV87zqNSeGfXTtPuBdSKEyfiFA_U5-LEWho8BisdBseU1oiUhZzkceRcZO02GUSAkjcgviTcduK0ZsNAlpxH4FaTDXmNzpUq7V1QRyAv8xpspulcC-nRhgwRVwsgPK5D2nlTGsvnrUxYXgml_UY3D-ZntQQ=w1134-h1280-s-no?authuser=2)
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### Author:  [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-14-jan-2024-bugs/995733/20 "2024-01-24T20:08:39Z")
Hmm, can’t embed image? Sorry for no-pic post…
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