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The little green pig…two leaves at once! 🙂
Well spotted! I take it ID is out of the question?
I haven’t even TRIED, Adrian! I should submit to bug guide.
I see you’re adjusting to the use of flash nicely – very good lighting.
Thanks, Ted! My only regret is that I have few live subjects right now 😦 But I’m still getting some white box practice with pinned critters! I hope to get even better after another round of BugShot 😀
Re live subjects: go subniveal! Borrow a Berlese funnel and try digging out some forest or even backyard litter from under the snow. If you fill the bottom third of your extraction vial with plaster of Paris-powdered charcoal mix (7:1 by volume is good) and wet it up after it sets, then you can do live extractions easily.
I’m still processing my sample from aspen parkland two weekends ago, but I have 8 species of beetles (Byrridae, Carabidae, Cucurlionidae, Dytiscidae, Elateridae, Hydrophilidae, Staphylinidae) and a great rhyparochromid bug (Scolopostethus thomsoni) that would be fitting macrophotography subjects – although none are giants. Then there are 3 microhymenoptera (scelionines), 4 species of spiders, 3 of thrips, an ant (Leptothoraxa), and so far uncounted springtails, mites, and even a Geophilus centipede.
PS – seems like a lot of prolegs on that caterpillar – could it be a sawfly?
Dave, that sounds like a fun idea! I may have to give that a try.
And yeah, that could definitely be a sawfly…the head capsule made me think of one … I chose to be vague in my ID because…well, I’m not sure. 😀
Ok, ok. I ‘fessed up. I added some text to clarify 😛 Thanks for keeping me honest 🙂
Lovely!
Thank you! 😀
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