spittlebug nymph
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spittlebug nymph
Here is a sequence from my recent preoccupation with spittlebugs.
This one is the next size up from my "Bubble Bath" specimen, about 3mm or less. It obliged by demonstrating the process: walking around on the leaf, it found a place to build its hiding place. In the first image you can see the juice running down from the rear end; then bubbles are produced with vigorous beats of the abdomen, 1 bubble per beat, at 1-2 beats per second.
Dynax 7D @ ISO 200
100-300mm (@100) + 50mm reversed + extension
F32
1/80 sec
flash
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Wouldn't it be simpler for the little guy to just buy a Waring blender? :-)
Well done, Paul!
Well done, Paul!
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Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Constructive critiques of my pictures, and reposts in this forum for purposes of critique are welcome
"I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul....My mandate includes weird bugs."
--Calvin