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Lygus punctatus


Lygus punctatus
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Copyright: Lukasz Warcholinski (Kaszek) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 246 W: 58 N: 390] (1451)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-09-18
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon EOS 350D, Pentacon 2.8/29 MC
Exposure: 1/640 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Heteroptera of Europe-1 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-05-10 5:13
Viewed: 967
Points: 14
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is my first photo here taken with m42 equipment :)
Pentacon 29 2.8 and extension tube. ISO 400.

Family: Miridae
Genus: Lygus

The genus Lygus includes over 40 species of plant-feeding insects in the family Miridae. At one time, nearly 200 species were classified as genus Lygus, but most of those have since been reclassified into new or existing genera. The term lygus bug is used for any member of genus Lygus. The more well-known lygus bugs are those that have agricultural impacts. Some lygus bugs are very serious agricultural pests.

The insects appear as small oval creatures. Adult lygus are approximately 3 mm wide and 6 mm long, colored anything in a range from pale green to reddish brown or black. The bugs can be solid shaded or mottled, and have a distinctive triangle or V-shape on their backs. Adults are capable of flight, and will often thus escape when approached. Nymphs are wingless, and being light green in color, are often mistaken for aphids. However, lygus nymphs have harder shells, are typically more active, gain spots as they age, and lack aphid abdominal tubes.

Lygus bugs are known for their destructive feeding habits - they puncture plant tissues with their piercing mouthparts, and feed by sucking sap. Both the physical injury and the plant's own reaction to the bugs' saliva cause damage to the plant. The females insert their eggs directly into the plant tissues using piercing ovipositors, and the newly emerged nymphs are voracious consumers of plant tissue juices. Signs that a plant has been attacked by lygus bugs include discoloration, deformation of shoots and stems, curling of leaves, and lesions on the plant tissues.

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2006-05-10 5:20]
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Siemka Kaszek!
Bardzo ladny Nygus. Owady fajnie wychodza na zoltym tle, szczegolnie jesli sa ciemne w odcieniu. Fajny POV i kompozycja, podobaja mi sie tez takie blyszczace ziarenka na Punctatusie. Ogolnie bardzo udane foto. M42 lepszy niz MG-42!

Hi Luckiz, Excllent colors, BG, POV, details DOV, are perfcet TFS Kyle

Witaj,
Nastepne bardzo udane makro. Super kolorki. Ostrosc tam gdzie trzeba. Swietna robota.
Pozdrawiam Malgosia

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  • Dando Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 637 W: 32 N: 792] (3084)
  • [2006-05-10 11:21]

Hi Lukasz, great shot with good sharp details and good focus and colours. TFS.
Dean.

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1575 W: 5 N: 2181] (12250)
  • [2006-05-10 14:48]

Bonjour Lukasz!

Félicitations pour cette belle composition,les couleurs,la netteté,l'éclairage et l'ex^position sont excellents.

Merci pour l'envoie.


joseph

Witaj,

Pierwsze zdjecie z m42 :))))))
Calkiem niezle-jestem pod wrazeniem.
BDB!!!

Pozdrawiam
Norbert

Witaj Lukasz,
Bardzo dobre makro! To jest chyba jesna z moich najmniej ulubionych grup owadow, ale niektore z nich calkiem niezle wychodza na zdjeciach.
Ta fotka ma bardzo fajny POV (robal wyglada jakby ci pozowal) i ciekawe kolory.
Pozdrowienia :-)

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