Nymph Nursery
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Anyone who has read my posts during recent weeks will know that I find a lot of insects on the huge leaves of rhubarb plants in my garden. Thus, I am inspecting the upper surfaces many times each day in good weather. So not much there escapes my notice.
It was all the more surprising to be able to capture two little scenes on the same leaf. These groupings lasted only a few minutes. I had not seen such close groupings before.
Adults and nymphs of Coreus marginatus the Dock Bug have broadened abdomens and usually hold the bottom half of their antennae vertically, with the tip almost horizontal. This raises problems of DOF, especially with the smaller ones. Fortunately, these individuals were mostly a little more relaxed that this. Even so, the images are not as sharp as I would like.
I had the Printing Nikkor 105mm at f11, with its 17mm FOV on the camera, having been photographing a small fly, so there was just room to frame the larger group.
The pink blob is a blemish on the leaf.
The second image includes three nymph instars.
Harold
It was all the more surprising to be able to capture two little scenes on the same leaf. These groupings lasted only a few minutes. I had not seen such close groupings before.
Adults and nymphs of Coreus marginatus the Dock Bug have broadened abdomens and usually hold the bottom half of their antennae vertically, with the tip almost horizontal. This raises problems of DOF, especially with the smaller ones. Fortunately, these individuals were mostly a little more relaxed that this. Even so, the images are not as sharp as I would like.
I had the Printing Nikkor 105mm at f11, with its 17mm FOV on the camera, having been photographing a small fly, so there was just room to frame the larger group.
The pink blob is a blemish on the leaf.
The second image includes three nymph instars.
Harold
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Thanks, Phil.
I can always find them in my garden in the summer. There are other, more secretive species.
Harold