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Raspberry hill
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Copyright: Monika MvJ (thistle) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1317 W: 77 N: 3012] (9272)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-07
Categories: Insects
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 4200, Nikkor ED 38-114 F/2.8-4.8
Exposure: f/2.8
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Edible [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-01-14 4:12
Viewed: 981
Points: 46
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is a tiny weevil found on raspberry shrub in my garden. I couldn't find any good ID for this one, but as I know that's almost always very difficult.

Weevils make up the largest closely-related family in the animal kingdom. There are over 35,000 kinds. All are strictly plant feeders and most of them prefer some special plant. Relatively few are injurious to crops and those few are the most destructive insect pests known. Maybe you heard about Cotton Weevil, Granary Weevil, Rice Weevil, Clover Leaf Weevil, Strawberry Weevil, Sweet Potato Weevil, Sugar Cane Weevil, Hazelnut Weevil, Acorn Weevil and so on.

If not, I'm sure you have at least one unpleasant experience of finding fat worms in tasty fruit you wanted to eat. Very probable these were young of another weevil, Plum Curculio for example. The adults of such fruit weevils become active about blossom time, when they mate. Then the females lay eggs in the holes made in newly formed fruits. They use their long snouts to drill these holes. As the larvae feed and grow, they cause much of the fruit to drop before it is ripe, or make it unfit for eating and marketing. The mature grubs leave the fallen fruit to burrow into the soil where they become transformed into another generation of little snout beetles.

I don't know if the one on my picture is some kind of Raspberry Weevil or not, but I found some of them there. All I know so far is that the worms usually found in rapberries are "kids" of other kind of beetle Byturus tomentosus known as Raspberry beetle.
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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2241 W: 47 N: 3167] (10926)
  • [2006-01-14 4:18]

What a nice shot that you have well done ! The insect is funny on the red fruit ;-) I also appreciate the complementary note... Congratulations Monika and thanks for sharing.

Good morning Monika,
Good detail, colours and sharpness.
Composition and exposure are spot on.
Good framing and notes. This little weevil looks perfectly positioned on this sweet fruit. ;)
Thanks for posting, Have a great weekend my friend.

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  • ErEs2 Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 31 W: 0 N: 15] (582)
  • [2006-01-14 5:21]

witam
smaczne zdjecie :) ciekawa kompozycja, DOF i POV wysmienite, kolory rowniez... bardzo mi sie podoba, szczegolnie ze za oknam wciaz zima ;)
pozdrawiam
Rafal

Hello Monika, nice details on such a small insect. Composition and POV is good as is your accompanying note. Good work.

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3315 W: 148 N: 6113] (18648)
  • [2006-01-14 5:32]

You show this little fellow real sharply Monika. They are strange creatures, and I have seen them in NZ too, but never realised that they were weevils. Nice and sharp, and well composed, thank you.
Janice

Tiny bug. Can go unnoticed when you pick wild raspberries, but sure noticeable when you eat them together! (happend to me, really nasty taste!) Good so know by name the culprit (thanks to your note).

Regards, Petru

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1575 W: 5 N: 2181] (12250)
  • [2006-01-14 6:14]

Superbe composition encore une foi Monika! Le sujet męme petit rssort bien avec ce Bg propre. Félicitations pour les besu contrastes de couleurs et la netteté.

Merci pour l'envoie et bonne fin de semaine.

Joseph.

Hello Monika,
this is an another excellent marco. Excellent POV, sharpness, details and exposure. Great colours and bg too. A great note also. Thanks for posting.
BR
Heinz

Excellent shot with beautiful colour, great detail and good use of DOF to concentrate on the subject. Nicely blurred BG, though maybe a bit much of it. I closer crop may be better. As is it is an EXCELLENT capture!
Gabi

Are you lonesooooome tonight? Im singing to your bug, dont mind me, Monika... :)

An excellent composition with very good details and colors Monika. I like this for the bold rasberry color and great POV.
Well done.

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2006-01-14 9:48]

He, he, perfect title for perfect photo my friend! Amazing quality, nice moment and contrast etween big red berry and small weevil. And very good note again!

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2006-01-14 10:01]

Hello Monika!
Wonderful close up.Hormonious colors,simple BG,POV,lighting,framing,clear details,visual impact and composition are excellent.
TFS...:-)

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  • Toni Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 403 W: 2 N: 316] (2034)
  • [2006-01-14 14:19]

Hi Monika
I really like the position of the weevil and the colours of the raspberry and background. It's strange to see a raspberry so close up. Excellent contrasts.
Regards Toni

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  • Graal Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 755 W: 31 N: 20] (5032)
  • [2006-01-14 15:27]

Witaj,
miałaś refleks, zapozował Ci na chwilkę ten maluch. Dobra jakość. Podoba mi się.
Pozdr. Al.

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  • Nico Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 209 W: 1 N: 332] (1313)
  • [2006-01-15 0:16]

You do bring us the smaller world, don't you. Thanks. Good POV & DOF. Well done.

Nice soft background really isolates the weevil & and the rasberry well, plus very nice lighting. Well done Monica. :)

wow,
good colours, details and composition!
Ana:)

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  • Dave Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 525 W: 47 N: 674] (2173)
  • [2006-01-16 12:04]
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Fascinating macro! Very well done Monika!

My stay in South East Alabama in the early 70's got me aquainted with the Boll Weevil which the citizens of Enterprise, Alabama honored in 1919. Here is the story.
Love those raspberries...;-)
Thanks for sharing,
Dave

Hello,
It's a very nice shot of this really small weevil of the Apionidae family. Most probably it's a member of genus Apion itself.
Nice idea, exposition and background. Also I like the title very much :-)
Best greetings,
Michal

Wooooooooooooooow!

Beautiful macro, very wonderful!
Good DOF and colors!

You make very beautful shots!

TFS,
Chris

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2821 W: 344 N: 3779] (11769)
  • [2006-02-02 16:20]

He looks so alone on his raspberry world. At leat he has some sweet and tasty food. Very well done Monika, lovely shot.

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  • Luc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1873 W: 304 N: 4300] (14729)
  • [2006-02-23 4:11]

Excellent.
Thank you again, Monika.
Sorry, I have no time these days to write complete comments.
Very well done. Well deserved icon.

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