Leafhopper III

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Leafhopper III
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Copyright: fartash barvarz (fartash) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1055 W: 54 N: 2667] (9718)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-05-06
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon EOS 300D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Exposure: f/14.0, 1/125 seconds
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-06-09 7:39
Viewed: 313
Points: 38
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hello Friends
This is a shot of Leafhopper from Cicadellidae,
Hope you like it.

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Hemiptera

Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha

Infraorder: Cicadomorpha

Superfamily: Membracoidea

Family: Cicadellidae


How many species of leafhoppers are there?

No one knows for sure. Approximately 20,000 species have been described (making Cicadellidae one of the 10 largest families of insects), but many new species are being discovered each year. Based on preliminary samples from Amazonian rainforest canopies, the true number of leafhopper species may exceed 100,000!


How big are leafhoppers?
Leafhoppers range in size from 2 - 30 mm in length.


What eats leafhoppers?
Because they are one of the most common and abundant groups of herbivorous insects, leafhoppers are an important food source for vertebrate predators such as birds and lizards, as well as invertebrate predators such as spiders, assassin bugs, wasps, and robber flies. Leafhoppers are also attacked by various parasitic insects such as dryinid and mymarid wasps, epipyropid moths, pipunculid flies, and strepsipterans. Because they feed on plant sap, leafhoppers are not usually susceptible to infection by viral, bacterial, or protozoan pathogens. Thus, entomopathogenic fungi, which do not need to be ingested in order to infect insects, are the most important leafhopper pathogens.


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Tnx for visiting and your comments
Fartash

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  • falke Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 160 W: 17 N: 425] (1520)
  • [2007-06-09 7:59]
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Beautiful colours and great sharpness! I also like the composition. How tiny was this one? It looks pretty small to me.

Regards/Bengt Falke

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  • batu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 943 W: 279 N: 2895] (9492)
  • [2007-06-09 8:08]

Hello Fartash,
this small insect and its delicate structures are nicely shown. It is an excellent close-up offering many details. Point of view and colour composition is pretty good.
Best wishes, Peter

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5172 W: 297 N: 4049] (13069)
  • [2007-06-09 8:56]

Hello Fartash,
Beautiful close up.Well caught,framed and composed.Details and sharpness are also excellent.
TFS..:-)

Hi dear fartash ,
nice shot with great details.
well composed and nice sharpness.
very well done.
Best wishes
Saeed

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1343 W: 239 N: 4211] (14832)
  • [2007-06-09 9:39]

Hi Fartash,
a good shot of this insect.
Sharp and well composed.
Well done,
Joey

hi fartash,
nice macro shot, the upper pov gives good details of the insect, saturated colourtones looks beautiful,
tfs & regards
pankaj

Well taken Macro, good detail and position within the frame.

Greg

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  • jmp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1897 W: 94 N: 2369] (8380)
  • [2007-06-09 12:49]

Hi Fartash,
Really beautiful leafhopper! The head has a wonderful decoration!! Great detail, light and composition.
TFS, José M.

Hi Fartash, spectacular cicala, splendid details, great sharpness, very well done, have a great week end, ciao Silvio

Pretty sharp macro of this interesting insect, Fartash.
The details and colours are very fine, especially on the head area. The compound eyes well back into the sides of the head are clearly recorded.
TFS.

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  • smitha Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 257 W: 76 N: 771] (3020)
  • [2007-06-09 14:42]

Hello Fartash,
Beautiful shot. Excellent POV and DOF.Very good sharpness and details.
TFS, Smitha.

Hello Fartash,
Good use of flash to bring out some great details. Good comp on the diagonal, perhaps a bit less space left. Top-shots are fine, but I personally prefer other, more dynamic points of view..if possible ;}
Howard

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  • Debz Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 606 W: 0 N: 880] (3277)
  • [2007-06-10 2:19]

Hi Fartash, great shot of the little Leafhopper. i can see that it hs good camoflage. Nice and sharp with good light and colour. Good DOF. Nice composition.
tfs
debz

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1503 W: 20 N: 4170] (13602)
  • [2007-06-10 2:38]

Hi Fartash,
Wonderful macro shot of the leafhopper. Very neat and sharp with nice natural colours. I like your dorsal POV to portray it and the BG. Very nicely composed. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

Hello Fartash,
Great shot with diferents tones of green, nice sharp focus TFS best regards/LAwhill

Hi Fartash,
that's an interesting insect with very good sharpness, I like the shot very much, thanks and greetings
Sabine - wishnugaruda

Hello Fartash,
This is very close and sharp! This is a wonderful macro of this insect with good colors and exposure. I also enjoyed reading your notes. Thanks,
Claudine

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1466 W: 7 N: 3415] (11130)
  • [2007-06-11 11:16]

Hi Fartash,

The greens in this shot are beautiful. Wonderful details on this insect. I'm wondering how difficult they must be to see since they look so much like a leaf.

Jane

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2445 W: 207 N: 2032] (8097)
  • [2007-06-12 8:40]

Hello Fartash,
I know how tiny those bugs are, so I am amazed of all the details you captured.
Excellent macro work, the sharpness and textures are wonderful.
Very well composed,
nice use of space and very nice diagonal placing of the subject.
TFS..Sky

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