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Latex Sabotage


Latex Sabotage
Photo Information
Copyright: Ingrid Shaul (ingridshaul) Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 42 W: 7 N: 112] (301)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-02-03
Categories: Insects
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2009-10-21 6:03
Viewed: 272
Points: 20
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
ASOTA SPECIOSA (specious Tiger) (Drury 1773)
(ID and info kindly supplied by South African Museum in Cape Town)

“Latex sabotage: Caterpillars of Asota Speciosa feed on fig trees which have a sticky milky latex that poses both physical (gumming up the caterpillar’s mouth parts) and chemical hindrances for herbivores. The caterpillars sabotage the latex flow by chewing into the leaf veins on the underside of the leaf (where these veins are more prominent than on the upper surface). This action interrupts the flow of latex. The caterpillar then feeds on the parts of the leaf that would have been provided with latex via the sabotaged veins.”

PHOTO
Moth about 5 cm long, found on the bark of Tree trunk of Common Fig Tree (ca 15m tall ) in our garden - very bad light conditions - due to heavy foliage - necessitated adjustment of exposure as well as colour. An image of the eyes is available in the Workshop.
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Ingrid
Wonderful capture this lovely moth!
Great details, lovely colors!
Horia

Good capture of this interesting moth.Nice colours.Regards.Alin.

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3824 W: 190 N: 11393] (35107)
  • [2009-10-21 7:07]
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Hello Ingrid,
Congratulations on this fine capture of a new species on TN, the Specious Tiger moth! Though the poor lighting has limited the DOF most of it is sharp and taken with fine colours foma nice dorsal POV to make it show up well against the tree trunk.
Thanks for sharing this beauty, we need more moths from RSA!
Best wishes,
Ivan

Ciao Ingrid, great macro of beautiful moth, splendid sharpness, fine details and fantastic colors, very well done, ciao Silvio

hello Ingrid
very beautiful moth
great details and nice composition
greeting lou

Hallo Ingrid,
congrats to a new species on TNm it's always nice with new ones,
You did well in the poor light with the exposure and colours.
Good sharpness and lots of details of this beautiful moth.
Colours and pattern are just lovely. Only minor nit is the small cut of the right antenna.
Well done.

Kind Regards
Gert

Hello Ingrid,
Excellent shot of the specious Tiger, excellent document and note informations.
TFS. Best regards

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1726 W: 0 N: 3927] (15770)
  • [2009-10-22 4:43]
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Hello Ingrid,
Always very pleased to see some rarely shown species on this site. This "Tiger" has striking colors and most beautiful wing-patterns. Its caterpillars seem to be voracious saboteurs!
Very interesting posting.
Thanks a lot and kind regards
Anne

very nice moth, greetings Ori

Ingrid,
Via your W/S posting you made your point very clear.
Congratulations.
Inspite of the light handicap your presentation/s are SUPERB.
Friendly greetings from Mario in Canada.

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