The Green Longhorn
by Pentaxfriend
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Glossata
Infraorder: Heteroneura
Superfamily: Incurvarioidea
Family: Adelidae
Genus: Adela
Species: A. reaumurella
Binomial name: Adela reaumurella
The Green Longhorn (Adela reaumurella) is a day-active lepidoptera from the family Adelidae, the fairy long horn moths. The wingspan of the moth ranges from 14 to 18 millimeter.
The upper wings of both sexes are metallic green and the under wings are metallic bronze. The males have very long antennas that are white. They have rough black hair on their heads. The females have relatively short antennas with shorter and lighter hair on their heads.
The flight time ranges from April to June.
The caterpillars live on leaf remains.
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Glossata
Infraorder: Heteroneura
Superfamily: Incurvarioidea
Family: Adelidae
Genus: Adela
Species: A. reaumurella
Binomial name: Adela reaumurella
The Green Longhorn (Adela reaumurella) is a day-active lepidoptera from the family Adelidae, the fairy long horn moths. The wingspan of the moth ranges from 14 to 18 millimeter.
The upper wings of both sexes are metallic green and the under wings are metallic bronze. The males have very long antennas that are white. They have rough black hair on their heads. The females have relatively short antennas with shorter and lighter hair on their heads.
The flight time ranges from April to June.
The caterpillars live on leaf remains.
Uploaded01/05/2009 - 17:48
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Posted 07/05/2009 - 14:56
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Mmmm nice! What lens are you using here?
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Posted 07/05/2009 - 16:57
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Pentaxophile wrote:
Mmmm nice! What lens are you using here?
Mmmm nice! What lens are you using here?
I used for this shot a Sigma 180mm F/3.5
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Canon 1D X, Canon 5D mkII, Canon EOS 1D mkIV, Canon EF 24-105 L IS USM, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 usm, Canon EF 70-200 F/4 L USM, Canon EF 100-400 f/5,6 L USM, Canon EF L 100mm F/2.8 Macro, Canon EF 28mm f/1,8, Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM, Canon 30mm f2.8, Canon 600mm L F4, Tamron 28-75 F/2.8 SP AF XR Di II, Samyang 8mm f/3,5 Fisheye,
Raynox DCR250 -
Redged: RTA-432 + 804RC2, Manfrotto: 058B Triaut + XPro 3way Geared Head, Basic Tripod 190XB + 804RC2 Basic Pan/Tilt Head - MonoPod 681B + 486RC2 BallHead -
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