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Harold Gough
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 Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 11:07 pm Post subject: Larvae Of Gooseberry Sawfly Nematus ribesii |
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These occur each year in our fruit garden. In spite of the "ribesii" they never seem to bother with the abundant currant bushes adjacent to our gooseberry bushes. Although they line the edges of leaves in the same way as Rose Sawfly larvae they do not rear up in the photogenic, coordinated defensive postures of the latter when disturbed. The larger individuals are about 15mm long.
E-P2, Leitz Elmariit 60mm macro, f8 ISO 400, full sun in early evening, hand-held. Getting all four larvae in one plane was not easy and was not entirely successful. The plant was in a pot and I rotated it to some extent to change the lighting and to keep the shadow of the lens out of the frame. The camera was also rotated slightly clockwise to give a better composition.
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Nice shots!
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Harold Gough
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Thanks, Kurt.
There is something very clean and neat about them from a pictorial point of view. They keep fairly still, so movement is not much of a problem.
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Harold Gough
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 10:38 pm Post subject: Re: Larvae Of Gooseberry Sawfly Nematus ribesii |
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Thanks, DeVil.
| Harold Gough wrote: | | In spite of the "ribesii" they never seem to bother with the abundant currant bushes adjacent to our gooseberry bushes. |
Ribes is normally associated with currants, the blackcurrant Ribes nigrum in particular. However, the gooseberry is in the same genus, as Ribes uva-crispa. Here is a flower of the gooseberrry, which is photogenic macro subjects
http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16497
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Harold Gough
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| Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 3:18 am Post subject: |
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They make the gooseberries much easier to find! 
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Harold Gough
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| naturalmente wrote: | | Curious pictures, good details. |
Thanks. They stay together, rather than disperse, as most caterpillars do and do not fall off like some caterpillars readily do when disturbed. If you shake them off they climb back onto the plant and resume feeding. There are no long hairs to give DOF problems.
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