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Collection: 201006 Macro Side Challenge
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Jun 21, 2010
Aperture: 16.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Macro, Insects, etc
Date Uploaded: Jun 22, 2010
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Comments: 7
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This one is a Citrus Flatid Planthopper (I had to do an ID request on BugGuide to find that out). Latin Metcalfa pruinosa. It's a nymph, and it secretes waxy filament to hide in. Why that would work on a green plant is sort of beyond me, but I've found this fellow two days in a row (on two different phlox plants) so apparently he's successfully avoiding predators. Still rather alarming to peek closely at fuzz and see eyeballs and legs. I now suspect everything in my yard of secretly being a bug!
36MM + 20mm extension tubes, handheld, diffused flash.
PP - cropped, white balance, burnt a little to better show details (exposure was quite tricky on this one), resized, sharpened, added border. |
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06/25/2010 09:18:41 AM |
Interesting indeed. Is the filament stuff actually waxy, or is it silk? Is this guy an embiid?
Your comments are funny... makes me think: "Little Brother is watching" |
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06/23/2010 06:27:04 PM |
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06/22/2010 09:29:10 PM |
| How cute is that? Baby buglet all swaddled up in his little buggy cradle. |
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06/22/2010 06:44:33 PM |
Wonderful shooting mary amazing what you can find with a macro
Message edited by author 2010-06-22 18:44:57. |
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06/22/2010 06:25:05 PM |
| Not the most pleasant looking bug, even as a nymph. Makes me wonder what it will look like grown up. Do you have citrus plant/trees in your yard? Great shot though. |
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06/22/2010 03:57:12 PM |
| What an unusual looking bug, good job on spotting this! |
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06/22/2010 03:40:39 PM |
| Now, that's just amazing :-) |
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