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Another Weirdest Bug Contestant
MaryO


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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 17, 2010
Aperture: 16.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Macro, Insects, etc
Date Uploaded: Jun 19, 2010

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 Two-striped Planthopper (nymph) - Acanalonia bivittata. Sitting on a small butterfly bush (buddleia).

I am spending significant quantities of time on BugGuide.net ;-)

This is close to a 100% crop. A quick glance and this looked like a bump on the stalk with some dandelion seeds caught in it. When I bent down to get a closer look it scurried over to the other side of the stalk. Took me awhile to finally get a decent shot as this guy was definitely camera-shy. Perhaps he was just finally exhausted from all that scurrying ;-)

36mm + 20mm extension tubes, handheld, diffused flash.

PP - cropped, increased contrast, increased saturation on red/orange, slight dodging on bug, resized, sharpened, added border.

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ETA: yes, the white fluff is part of the bug. And the adult form looks nothing like this! Looks a lot more like a green leaf, actually.

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Nikon D7000
Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4
 06/19/2010 06:43:06 PM
Great details in this photo. The bug looks like it has barnacles LOL.
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 06/19/2010 05:01:17 PM
Wow that's a freaky looking bug. Amazing detail.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 06/19/2010 09:41:17 AM
Wow, what a truly bizarre-looking little creature. This fella would look equally at home in an underwater scene. Are the little white tufts a part of him? Great catch.
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Sony Alpha a6000
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 06/19/2010 09:24:27 AM
You are the garden sleuth , Mary !!! Excellent macro of the Hopper !
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Fujifilm x100
 06/19/2010 06:51:47 AM
That is excellent. Another of your 'weird' bugs :-)

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