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Orange Bugs- Eurydema ventralis nymphs


Orange Bugs- Eurydema ventralis nymphs
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Copyright: Morag Hamilton (lebois) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 74 W: 3 N: 82] (232)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-06-27
Categories: Insects
Exposure: f/2.8, 30 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Heteroptera of Europe-1 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-06-27 13:55
Viewed: 2326
Points: 20
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I found a huge number of these little bugs in the garden this morning on some brassica plants which had gone to seed. I also photographed another bug which has allowed me to identify these.It has taken me over 3 hours of trawling through my books and the internet but I am confident that I have photographed Eurydema ventralis nymphs.
Order Heteroptera
Family Pentatomidae
Shield bugs and Stink bugs overwinter as adults and become active in spring when temperatures rise above 21 degrees Centigrade (above 70 degrees F). Each female deposits up to several hundred eggs, usually in mid- or late June. These eggs are laid in clusters (averaging 36 eggs) primarily on leaves and stems but also on pods. Nymphs hatch from these eggs and pass through five instars before becoming adults. Approximately 5 weeks elapse between hatching and adult emergence.

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  • valy67 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1880 W: 59 N: 2915] (8733)
  • [2006-06-27 14:07]

Bonsoir Morag ! Voilà une très belle photo, nous montrant des insectes étranges et pleins de couleurs. Les détails et les couleurs sont excellents, tout comme l'arrière-plan flou qui mets bien le valeur les insectes. Belle composition et bon point de vue. Du beau travail !
Valérie.

Would they be a male and a female in this picture, Morag? The patterns and colours on their backs are quite different.
Lovely shot with good POV, DOF and colours.
TFS.

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3584 W: 143 N: 5669] (18531)
  • [2006-06-27 14:13]

A very good close-up with gentle palette, excellent sharpness, details and framing.
Well done and TFS.
Best wishes,

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  • Karin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 418 W: 5 N: 268] (2089)
  • [2006-06-27 14:17]

Hello Morag,
Beautiful composition with the starlike seeds surrounding the bugs: Good focus, colors perfect, a very good photograph: TFS

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  • shal Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 259 W: 65 N: 476] (2124)
  • [2006-06-27 14:47]

Hey Morag,
Excellent macro with solid compo. and detail,
good job :)
Cheers TFS,
Vishal Sabharwal

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  • batu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1059 W: 290 N: 3944] (13334)
  • [2006-06-27 15:28]

Hallo Morag,
this is a very well composed picture regarding point of view and colours. Excellent work.
Peter

Salut Morag!
That is an excellent macro .Composition and colors are so good.Well done...

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  • phlr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1241 W: 129 N: 881] (2814)
  • [2006-06-30 3:32]

Excellent shot!
Very complex yet perfect on details!
Very good use of the DOF!
5* and TFS!

Hello Morag,
I very much like this composition. The shield bugs are well seen with nice detail, color, and exposed well. I think it's their postion, facing each other, and their central location, with the dandelion encircling them, that help make it an artistic capture.
Very well done.

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  • osse Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 962 W: 0 N: 89] (7801)
  • [2006-08-25 19:32]

Hi Morag
Beautiful shot and frame. Good colours, sharpnes, DOF and POV.
Well done Morag

osse

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