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Pair of Giant Willow aphids (Tuberolachnus salignus)

A pair of Giant Willow Aphids (Tuberolachnus salignus) feeding from willow (Salix) using heir over sized stylets. Filmed using a Canon MPE65mm lens at x5 mounted on a Canon EOS 5DmkII body. Lighting supplied by a Canon MR 14EX. Stacked from 76 images using combine ZP and a Stackshot moving the camera by 0.05mm between frames. Lastly keeping fingers crossed that aphids didn't move during the image capture!

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Uploaded on August 7, 2010
Taken on August 7, 2010