Bug on my radio

[Retired Grunt]

This past Monday I smoked pulled pork for our church’s Community Dinner. I had my HT ham radio going and when I looked over, I saw this little bug on the on/off/volume switch. Have no clue what this bug is.

Camera is a Lumix LX5 set to the macro setting. Glad the bug did not feel threatened, the lens was literally a 1/2 inch from it when I took this shot. The second shot, I was an inch (I think). He had flown over to my tote holding the wood for the smoker.

[Robert Apple]

Google Lens says its a milkweed beetle, its a cool little critter RG, nice catch.

[Retired Grunt]

Well, there are plenty of milkweeds in the field next to the church. Thanks for IDing the beetle.

[Rob Wood (Admin)]

I especially like that first one, but wow, that setting gives you an extraordinarily narrow depth of field to play with. Doesn’t have a function to stack the images because that would be epic.

[Retired Grunt]

Yeah, the DoF is limited. I believe the intent for this specific point and shoot camera was for flat surfaces. Watch face, coins, textures, but add an angle and the DoF is very limited.

[Retired Grunt]

Welp, since I started this thread, I’ll add something from this morning.

I was walking my dog Moocher and noticed leaves missing from a sapling. Then, I saw it. Brought Mooch back to the house and grabbed the camera on the kitchen table and bare with me, 40mm lens and took these shots.

[Robert Apple]

Nice catch on the Sphinx Moth Caterpillar RG, I haven’t seen one of these in many years though they used to be common here.

[Retired Grunt]

It’s huge! On the first photo where it was stretched out, I’d give it 3.5 inches long. When it went on alert as I moved the camera closer, it tucked in a little and raised up off the twig. Seemed to be watching me after that, LOL.

[Robert Apple]

I wouldn’t be surprised, the moths are really cool as well , with a wing span around 6in they are hard to miss.

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