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Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn


Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn
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Copyright: Catherine Dijon (CatherineD) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 148 W: 4 N: 674] (2430)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-06-01
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon EOS400D, Sigma 70-300 4-5.6 APO DG MACRO
Exposure: f/11, 1/800 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2008-06-05 9:15
Viewed: 437
Points: 28
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
On a Common Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), you can see a Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn (Agapanthia villosoviridescens), a species of the Cerambycidae family (Long horn beetles). The following note (English version) is a copy of the note of my friend Luciano (Lousat) who posted a very nice photo of this insect last month.
In Europe a very common species developing in a variety of herbaceous plants (eg. Cardus, Urtica, Angelica, Chaerophyllum, Artemisia, Salvia, Aconitum). Like the other species of Agapanthia genus, the larvae of this beetle develop in the above-ground plant tissues (stalks). They cut off the plant stalk before pupation, create the pupal cells near ground level, and the adults leave the stalks via a newly created exit hole in the side of the remaining stalk.
Body length: 10 - 22 mm.
Life cycle: 1 year.
Adults in: May - August.
Host plant: polyphagous in herbaceous plants.
Distribution: Europe, Russia, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Near East.
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Sur une digitale pourpre (Digitalis purpurea), vous pouvez voir une agapanthie à pilosité verdâtre ou saperde à pilosité verdâtre (Agapanthia villosoviridescens, un coléoptère de la famille des Cerambycidae (longicornes). Il se caractérise par la présence de poils sur les élytres et tout le corps. Cette pilosité lui donne un aspect un peu verdâtre.
La teinte de ses longues antennes grises marquées de noir est remarquable.
Ce longicorne s'observe entre mai et juillet dans les lieux plutôt humides, sur les plantes herbacées (chardons, jacobées, orties) dont il mange les pédoncules floraux. Il mesure entre 13 à 16 mm.
Mon ami Luciano ((Lousat) a également publié le mois dernier une belle photo de ce longicorne.
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Ik vind hem zeer geslaagd Catherine
mooie kleuren goede scherpte mooie dof, uitstekende macro foto, zeer fraai, prettige avond.
groet Jaap

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  • Amadeo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 197 W: 0 N: 661] (2933)
  • [2008-06-05 10:30]

Hola Catherine, una composición perfecta y muy bonita, el momento es muy bueno al captar al insecto con los élitro abiertos, muy buena definición luz y color. Un saludo

Hi Catherine, this is your best shot yet, just perfect and pleasing, an excellent composition.

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1991 W: 5 N: 5557] (20998)
  • [2008-06-05 12:55]

Hi Catherine. Not just a foxglove flower but an insect aswell. Both with good detail and colours. You have a fine well detail shot of the Longhorn . with good colours. a nice POV/DOF. well done TFS.
Nick..

Hi Catherine,

Both flower and insect are captured well. I can see why it is called "longhorn".

TFS
Ali

Catherine,
This is so very well done.
Excellent compo, great sharpness and a lovely bg to boot.
May i suggest cloning out the distracting leaves at the bottom rt...will make for a stronger compo, imo.

rgds
pushpinder

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  • pvs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1148 W: 254 N: 2555] (11565)
  • [2008-06-06 0:38]

Hi Catherine,

A nice composition of the flower and the longhorn beetle,I like this one a lot,tfs and have a nice weekend

Paul

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1002 W: 6 N: 2700] (10017)
  • [2008-06-06 2:16]

Salut Catherine,une compostion magnifique entre le fleur et l'insect,une qualite des details excellent,et des notes toujours tres interessantes,mes compliments,Luciano (merci beaucoup pour avoir donne' les coordinees de ma photo ;-)

Hi Catherine,

Excellent composition.
The subject is conceived well, and presented.
Wondrous !!

jp

Bonjour Catherine,

J'aime beaucoup la composition. Excellents angle de vue et profondeur de champ. Bon focus également. Les couleurs sont très belles. L'arrière-plan est un peu bruité, cela aurait été bien de corriger avec Neat Image.
Bon week-end,
Mariki

Coucou Cath,
très tr!s belle macro, superbement composée et réalisée, tout est parfait, le point de vue, le focus les couleurs et le background,
bravo !!!!!
attention à ta dernière photo, elle est un peu trop accentuée

--- je repasse demain-----

imagespassion.be

Bonjour Catherine,
c'est un chef-d'oeuvre! La composition, l'action, la lumière parfaitement maîtrisé. Mes compliments!
Bien à toi,
Dietrich

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2082 W: 216 N: 3759] (12474)
  • [2008-06-20 5:03]

Hi Catherine

A very beautiful and attractive composition here with this gorgeous flower and the longhorn beetle hanging on to it!
I really like the vertical format here and the very good DOF that you've got, keeping both elements in nice focus.
The colors are also charming and the sharpness is exceptional, too!
Very well done!

Bravo and TFS
Horia

very nice close up, TFS Ori

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