Tortoise Beetle Larvae

e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
edited November 19, 2015 in Holy Macro
These are from the early summer. The lower magnification were photographed through my Printing Nikkor 105mm at f11 (all cropped) and the higher magnification (some cropping) was through my reversed Schneider 40mm at f16 (f22 effective due to x 1.5 TC).

I don't know why some have green faces and others have black ones.

EM-1, twin flash, hand-held.

Harold

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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited November 18, 2015
    Amazing finds! Is that black thing part of the beetle?
  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited November 18, 2015
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    Amazing finds! Is that black thing part of the beetle?

    Thanks. I have them on balm plants in my garden every summer. Getting a good angle to shoot from is tricky.

    No but it is an essential "camouflage".

    Harold
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited November 19, 2015
    Lovely captures Harold 0f wonderful looking bugs- esp like their sunshades :)

    Brian v.
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  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited November 19, 2015
    Lord Vetinari wrote: »
    Lovely captures Harold 0f wonderful looking bugs- esp like their sunshades :)

    Brian v.

    Thanks, Brian.

    These, and their parents, are an ongoing project, in that there is always room for better images.

    Harold
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