Sisyphus?...With the poop on the back ?

Saul · Post by **Saul** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 6:30 pm

Tortoise beetle larvae with the excrement "shield"
Nikon D7000, Nikon SB-800, Vivitar 105mm S1, single shot

Bigger:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8001/2912 ... 7ee9_o.jpg

Previous:
http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... hp?t=20991

Lou Jost · Post by **Lou Jost** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 7:08 pm

I hope you can raise it to adulthood. The adults have amazing adhesive feet, as you probably know.

Saul · Post by **Saul** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 7:30 pm

Lou Jost wrote:I hope you can raise it to adulthood. The adults have amazing adhesive feet, as you probably know.

This guy was released to the freedom ... few years ago. This is old photo

Lou Jost · Post by **Lou Jost** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 7:43 pm

Next time you get one I recommend you raise it to adulthood if you can. Every aspect of these things is amazing, but especially the adult's feet. Well worth the trouble of raising them.

Here's a sequence I made of the life history of one that I found:

https://ecomingafoundation.wordpress.co ... -its-back/

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 6:01 pm

An interesting post from both of you Saul and Lou.

It is good to see post like this from two individuals, worlds apart, that are able to contribute one to the other in expanding our knowledge of the subject being presented. It makes for some very interesting reading.