Walked about the yard this morning with camera in hand and I came across a few opportunities to put before the camera.
quixdraw wrote:
Good stuff!
Thanks, Quixdraw. I have to stretch my legs from time to time so I may as well take a camera with me when I do it.
kpmac wrote:
Nice set, Sippy.
Thanks, Kpmac. Weather is good today so I took a walkabout the yard.
Nice set. I hope you dispatched the Japanese Beetle for future use. Just one question, how did you ever spot the guy in the 2nd shot.
Excellent photos.
I recognize a couple, the Japanese Beetle and the other is a stink bug. Could you do a list in order that you presented them??
I know in the future we are going to get a close up or if we are lucky a macro shot of a couple of them. Good shooting
tramsey wrote:
Excellent photos.
I recognize a couple, the Japanese Beetle and the other is a stink bug. Could you do a list in order that you presented them??
I know in the future we are going to get a close up or if we are lucky a macro shot of a couple of them. Good shooting
Thanks for dropping by and the first one is a Leaf Footed Bug. It is a member of the True Bug family with a proboscis that it uses to draw juices from plants.
Next is a Leafhopper which is quite tiny and they resemble a budding leaf. They too pierce the veins of the plant to draw up its juices. Some species of hoppers are known to transmit disease to the plants that they suck on.
Then we have the Stinkbug. It too belongs to the family of True Bug and it an invasive species from Asia and they are highly damaging to fruiting plants and vegetables. Many brown spots that we bite into are where a Stinkbug has eaten their first.
The thin green insect with the red eyes is an Assassin Bug. They stalk their prey and they jab them with their proboscis and suck the life juices out of them.
Then there is the black fly. I'm not quite sure what species it is although its body shape looks like it may be a small Robberfly.
The last insect is a Japanese Beetle. One of the most invasive and destructive insects also from Asia. They can strip the green of a leaf leaving only the lace pattern of its veins behind. Their larvae live among the roots of the plants eating on them before they emerge to devour them. They are often seen in clusters mounted on each other.
The last image is an interesting yet unknown growth on a leaf that I included in the series.
JimmyTB wrote:
Nice set. I hope you dispatched the Japanese Beetle for future use. Just one question, how did you ever spot the guy in the 2nd shot.
Thanks, JimmyTB. I get Japanese Beetles by the bucketful. They are highly prolific and they can strip the green of a leaf in amazing speed.
I actually thought that the little green leafhopper was the bud of a leaf. There were two of them apart from each other and when I looked at them closely I could see that they were hoppers feeding on the stem of the vine.
sippyjug104 wrote:
Thanks for dropping by and the first one is a Leaf Footed Bug. It is a member of the True Bug family with a proboscis that it uses to draw juices from plants.
Next is a Leafhopper which is quite tiny and they resemble a budding leaf. They too pierce the veins of the plant to draw up its juices. Some species of hoppers are known to transmit disease to the plants that they suck on.
Then we have the Stinkbug. It too belongs to the family of True Bug and it an invasive species from Asia and they are highly damaging to fruiting plants and vegetables. Many brown spots that we bite into are where a Stinkbug has eaten their first.
The thin green insect with the red eyes is an Assassin Bug. They stalk their prey and they jab them with their proboscis and suck the life juices out of them.
Then there is the black fly. I'm not quite sure what species it is although its body shape looks like it may be a small Robberfly.
The last insect is a Japanese Beetle. One of the most invasive and destructive insects also from Asia. They can strip the green of a leaf leaving only the lace pattern of its veins behind. Their larvae live among the roots of the plants eating on them before they emerge to devour them. They are often seen in clusters mounted on each other.
The last image is an interesting yet unknown growth on a leaf that I included in the series.
Thanks for dropping by and the first one is a Leaf... (
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Thanks much for letting me know
If you hadn't I wouldn't have been able to let it go and try to find out by myself. Thanks much I'll keep this handy. I know they are all pretty common. But thanks
Wonderful set Sippy. One of these days I will post a picture of my yard and everyone will understand why I have no bugs.
Curmudgeon wrote:
Wonderful set Sippy. One of these days I will post a picture of my yard and everyone will understand why I have no bugs.
Thanks, Curmudgeon. I've seen the beauty of southern Arizona and although most residents landscape with gravel, decorative rocks and drought resistant plants the insects have evolved to make a living there with many of them being nocturnal.
Very good, Sippy! If one zooms into these quite a way, they really hold up well. 👍
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
Very good, Sippy! If one zooms into these quite a way, they really hold up well. 👍
Thanks, Mark. These were taken with the Nikon Z6 and the "S" mount 105mm f/2.8 macro and the Laowa dual-head flash. The light weight of the lens has helped me up-my-game, not that the weight was a problem, it was the front heavy making it "out of balance" to hold for any length of time. I equate it to balancing a knife on your finger.
nice job.........and selection
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