insect pics

[StuartDH]

We would really like to have a huge library of insect pics from around the world, so if you have any pics of insects please post them in the gallery.

[Tanny]

I wonder Stuart if I am able to download the five pictures into a thread without first putting them in the gallery. I am thinking more on the lines of me putting my pictorial life of a butterfly story in here, the story that I have put in another forum. I feel that there could be a wider audience in this Forum

[Brian T]

Thought this would start you off.

http://briantassell7384.fotopic.net/p16512115.html

Brian T.

[Tanny]

Sorry Brian but your picture is far too big, see if you can downside it. At least you have managed to put a picture here, I haven't worked it out yet. I keep getting knocked back on my KBs, the required size is far too small for my pictures.

[Brian T]

Have tried to attach the picture to this message and made it a lot smaller

Brian T.

[paul m]

Yo, all. New to this site and never had much luck loading things onto the WAB site. Pleased to see that one can incorporate small pics into mails *but* would also like to upload some to galleries. So could somebody please give advice (I can't actually fins any in the gallery - perhaps I'm not looking in the right place?)

(a) do the same size limitations apply as to WAB - I forget what they are now - upper and lower limits by dimensions (pixels) *and* upper limit by file size (Kb)?

(b) should one load into the personal folders or into the subject folders? The subject folders seem to be comprehensive so what is the point of the personal folders?

Thanks, Paul

[paul m]

I've added a few pictures of Greek insects to the Gallery. I don't know what most of them are - particularly the mantids and butterflies. Any suggestions will be welcome.

[paul m]

Black has been loading some African insect pictures including this fascinating beetle: http://www.wildabouttheworld.com/gal...php?photo=1257
which we now think is a tailed net-winged beetle Lycus trabeatus.

Came across an interesting South African website which isn't fully comprehensive, of course, but gives agood overview of African beetle families:

http://www.insecta.co.za/coleop/index.htm

Other galleries and identification tips at:
Lambert Smith's Insecta

[Pudding4brains]

I'm new to both WAB and WATW so maybe I don't quite understand what's going on, but I feel the galleries could be much more useful if there was some (more) taxonomic ordering available. It's a fair pain in the bum to look through the galleries (especially on WAB) to find something ...

I tried finding woodlice and ladybirds to maybe add some ID's, but especially with the "Insects" gallery that is no fun to do - I don't quite remember but think I quit after some 20 pages of 90 per page. When galleries get larger here, that's going to be a problem too I think.

Or am I missing something obvious?
Cheers!
Arp

[goosey]

Hi Arp, this has been discussed on WAB before about seperate forums for different insects and invertabrates but it was decided for those who are complete novices it would be more confusing than ever, and keep the forum as one for now.
As reguard to the gallery - I know what you mean. But you can use the "search" button and this works really well and just brings up those images with a certain word/words in the title. On WAB it works better as the Latin names "have" to be given with gallery submissions unless it is going into the unidentified or forum image catagory. Here we don't have that option or moderated galleries so there are images with no positive ID, Latin, English names or both. This can be an advantaged as it sets off discussions in the gallery.
If everyone can give as much info as possible with their uploads it so helpful to others. I know I have recently uploaded to the insects with a title of "bee and Fly" because I have no idea what they are, and any help will be appreciated. People should still be able to upload and share their images with no info, without feeling they don't know enough which may even deter them from joining in. The best thing we can all do is give positive help and ID where we can to encourage people - the more the merrier.

I hope this won't put you off searching the galleries, and contributing here, try the search button. I am sure you will have so much to offer with your interest in insects .