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Postby greencardigan on Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:55 am

Some interesting grub things from last night.

Anyone know what they are? I thought they might be Sawfly larvae? Can anyone correct me...

1. f/10, 1/500 sec, Flash, Handheld
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2. f/22, 1/500 sec, Flash, Handheld
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3. f/32, 1/500 sec, Flash, Handheld
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Postby Alpha_7 on Fri Feb 10, 2006 10:27 am

GC - #1 is good, lighting composition works well

#2 the Lighting seems all wrong for this shot, don't want to be overly harsh, but I think it really detracts from what could of been a nice shot.

#3 I like this one, kind of reminds me of a monster from Dr Who.. lighting and composition are good on this one, to my eye it looks a little soft.
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Postby greencardigan on Fri Feb 10, 2006 10:42 am

Yeah, I wasn't sure about the lighting in #2. The blown out flash reflection on the leaf stuffs it up.
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Caterpillar ID

Postby neroli on Fri Feb 10, 2006 10:44 am

Cool critter.

Nearest ID I could find is Impatiens Hawk Moth - Theretra oldenlandiae.

Will try and find a pic of the adult later... running late for work :?

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Postby blacknstormy on Fri Feb 10, 2006 11:25 am

I'm with Judy - spot on id :) There is a link to some further information here http://www.usyd.edu.au/macleay/larvae/sphi/olden.html

Beautiful photo - love the first one. The 'spine' they have on the end is to convince a predator that this is the head, so that if they are attacked, they are hopefully attacked at the back end, and may survive (better to lose your bum than your head ;) ) They also will move this spine, in order to attract attention to that end :)

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Postby sirhc55 on Fri Feb 10, 2006 11:35 am

#1 - a delightfully caught shot :)
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Postby greencardigan on Fri Feb 10, 2006 11:43 am

Thanks for the ID. Can anyone suggest a good book for identifying insects?
I'm getting a warm fuzzy feeling when I find all these new insects... :lol:
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Postby mudder on Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:00 pm

Good bug shots, the second one is a great angle and good use of DOF, but the bright spot does bugger it a bit... This is like reading Nat Geo... :)
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