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Another Widdle Baby Buglet
Another Widdle Baby Buglet
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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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 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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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 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
Very interesting!!
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 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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Nikon D300
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 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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Nikon D3s
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6D ED
 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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Fujifilm x100
 06/22/2010 03:57:12 PM
What an unusual looking bug, good job on spotting this!
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Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra
Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS
 06/22/2010 03:40:39 PM
Now, that's just amazing :-)
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