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I lashed out and bought myself a 100 mm 2.8 macro lens and it arrived yesterday. I took it around to my neighbour's garden for a play. I have to say that I find it much more difficult than the 75-300 mm lens with the Kenko extension tubes. Not really sure what I think about it yet LOL. I am so used to hand held shots, but maybe I need to try a tripod with this lens.
#354 on Explore on 21st May, 2009.
A moth on the back porch. PS blended (with manual blend fixing) a few layers of focus. Laowa 25mm, I believe at 5x.
.Gusano falso medidor
El gusano falso medidor es la larva de la palomilla nocturna Trichoplusia ni, de color café grisáceo con dibujos más oscuros en las alas y una letra “gamma”, característica sobre cada una de las delanteras.
Las hembras ovipositan aisladamente en el follaje, huevecillos aplanados, blancos y con una fina retícula, de los que emergen larvas verdes muy típicas por caminar como “medidores” sin carecer por completo de falsas patas. Se les llama falsos medidores para distinguirlos de los verdaderos medidores, larvas de palomillas de la familia Geometridae.
El gusano falso medidor se alimenta únicamente de follaje, aunque su voracidad es tal que cuando se presenta en poblaciones elevadas defolia por completo las plantas, provocando pérdidas mayúsculas. Sus hospederas favoritas son las coles y todas las crucíferas, aunque ataca muchos otros cultivos en los que, en determinadas circunstancias, puede convertirse en un problema.
I have never looked at a ladybug this close-up before...what a face! And so aggressive. Raised up that little body with all the ferociousness it could muster when I wouldn't let it pass.
I was supposed to be working; I got a little distracted.
Sigh!
Wishing all my Flickr friends many blessings for the week ahead.
~~Sheree~~
Harmonia axyridis, most commonly known as the harlequin, multicolored Asian, or simply Asian ladybeetle, is a large coccinellid beetle. This is one of the most variable species in the world, with an exceptionally wide range of color forms.
I find many planthoppers these days. This one was quite big, well still less than a centimeter :)
My guess is that this is a Issus coleoptratus.
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An accidental capture of an insect in flight. This insect (long legged fly?) was sitting on the leaf, but as I snapped the picture, it took a very brief flight, then returned to the same position.
Hoping to get some interesting macro shots, I zoomed in really close to the daisies, only to find all these little insects crawling in and over the pollen and the petals.
Componon-S 50mm, 29 images stacked.
The beetle was quite damaged. I only had this angle to get a reasonable shot.
Technique: I found this little solitary bee feeding on a Dandelion and cast my shadow over it to see if I could get its metabolism to tank. In cool weather (it was 15C) small solitary bees need the heat of the sun to keep them going. The bee flew to a leaf and I continued to shadow it, and after a minute of being motionless I moved in for the photo. I made sure that there was a leaf behind the bee to keep the background from being black. It's a Mining Bee (Andrena), but not sure about the specific species.
Tech Specs: Canon 70D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (around 2x) + a diffused MT-24EX. This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held.