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A face only a mother could love

by SteveEveritt

What on earth is that!!
Sigma 105

Uploaded26/06/2010 - 22:37

CategoryClose Up

BodyPENTAX K-7

Shutter Speed1/160

Aperturef/11

LensN/A

ISO100

Focal Length100mm

Unique Views / Likes0/0

Tagsbug macro

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Date Taken	25/06/2010 - 19:06
Make	PENTAX
Model	PENTAX K-7
Program Mode	Manual
Metering Mode	Center-weighted average
Shutter Speed	1/160
Aperture	f/11
ISO	100
Focal Length	100mm
Lens	N/A

Hardgravity Hardgravity

5687 posts
17 years
Bradford,Yorkshire,
UK

Posted 27/06/2010 - 09:20 Link

It's a Froghopper, a sap sucking insect, nice study

Cheers, HG

K110+DA40, K200+DA35, K3 and a bag of lenses, bodies and other bits.

Mustn't forget the Zenits, or folders, or...

PPG entries.

Plus Member prsjnb prsjnb

600 posts
16 years
Wiltshire,
U.K.

Posted 27/06/2010 - 09:52 Link

Damn you Hardgravity (just kidding: I'm so furious I could spit (bit like the little fella in the image, really)

I've been trying to identify the critter since last night and, based on morphological features and pale colour, had narrowed it down to the nymphal stage of an Hemipteran, and given a little more time would probably have come to the same conclusion as you - honest

FYI, Steve, its common name is 'spittlebug' and they are usually (not) seen encased in white froth or 'cuckoo-spit', which serves to keep them moist and protect them from predators.

Super shot!

Jon

Edited by prsjnb: 27/06/2010 - 09:53

SteveEveritt SteveEveritt

1714 posts
16 years
Somewhere warm and sunny

Posted 27/06/2010 - 10:12 Link

So the creature hiding in cuckoo spit is the larval stage of this ugly bug...ger?
Is this it?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/k_paxian/4714620643/in/set-72157624333379738/

Thanks guys

Flickr
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans" (John Lennon)

Plus Member prsjnb prsjnb

600 posts
16 years
Wiltshire,
U.K.

Posted 27/06/2010 - 10:22 Link

You got it, Steve

Jon