Mites on insect pupa

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 9:00 am

I found this pupa and for my surprise it came with some mites on it.

Mites on insect pupa by Rogelio Moreno G., on Flickr
Plan Apo 10x, darkfield

Rogelio

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 9:14 am

Super!!!!

Planapo · Post by **Planapo** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 10:29 am

Wow, Rogelio! Beautifully captured!
It conveys an astonishing DOF!

--Betty

Cactusdave · Post by **Cactusdave** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 10:37 am

Just absurdly good! The lighting and depth (stacked I assume) give a terrific sense of intimacy.

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 6:45 am

wow !

lothman · Post by **lothman** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 7:09 am

excellent, the colour and the opaque body is great

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 11:32 am

Thank you for your comments.

At the lower right you can see part of the pupa's eye.

Rogelio

Marek Mis · Post by **Marek Mis** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 4:48 am

Very unique, beautiful and timeconsuming photograph, worth of the highest notes in any competition !

Marek

Litonotus · Post by **Litonotus** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 7:10 am

I'm sure we will see this in 2014 top 3 (:

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 7:33 am

Marek and Litonotus, thank you very much.

Rogelio