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.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.
Nice camouflage in such an environment. But I've always got an eye on the insects! I was in a hurry because my mom was afraid to get lost, otherwise I would've remembered to use the flash! :D
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Author: Zig Ziglar
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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TRAPPED
Damselfly trapped in silk web
Fear of unknown for her
I gently cut the soft strands
From the struggling lost soul
Her limbs tired with despair
Then laid her down so softly
There she rested for a while
Until magic strength returned
And danced away from my sight .
By Henrhyde
This damselfly was trapped , in a spider’s web . If you look carefully –you will see some web strands. Hope for all of us in troubled times.
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.