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Thrip (Thysanoptera) inside California Poppy Yesterday, Christine pointed out that the tiny creatures barely visible in the core of this flower...<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/137941/california_poppy_-_flower_heesch_netherlands.html" title="California Poppy - flower, Heesch, Netherlands"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/137941_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1681948810&Signature=KGnTIQ8L7UIgDGU7hlWhy9RsMH8%3D" width="200" height="196" alt="California Poppy - flower, Heesch, Netherlands Cultivated.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/137947/california_poppy_orang_heesch_netherlands.html California Poppy,Eschscholzia californica,Europe,Heesch,Netherlands,World,the Netherlands" /></a></figure><br /> ...are thrips. An insect order (Thysanoptera) I had not even heard of and easy to miss at 1mm or smaller. Today I took the 2X and 5X macro gear to try and capture them. <br /> <br /> A challenge to say the least. I had to get the lens inside the flower. Then added a ring focus light because I couldn&#039;t see anything at all. Followed by handheld focusing at 5x macro on erratic subjects, which very much is spray and pray. Not 100% happy with the result but still happy to have captured my first thrips, with major credit to Christine for the idea!<br /> <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/138043/thrips_thysanoptera_inside_california_poppy.html" title="Thrips (Thysanoptera) inside California Poppy"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/138043_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1681948810&Signature=u%2B4yHr3EfgUmO6%2F3qbJ0NYYRvqM%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Thrips (Thysanoptera) inside California Poppy Yesterday, Christine pointed out that the tiny creatures barely visible in the core of this flower...<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/137941/california_poppy_-_flower_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> ...are thrips. An insect order (Thysanoptera) I had not even heard of and easy to miss at 1mm or smaller. Today I took the 2X and 5X macro gear to try and capture them. <br /> <br /> A challenge to say the least. I had to get the lens inside the flower. Then added a ring focus light because I couldn&#039;t see anything at all. Followed by handheld focusing at 5x macro on erratic subjects, which very much is spray and pray. Not 100% happy with the result but still happy to have captured my first thrips, with major credit to Christine for the idea!<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/138042/thrip_thysanoptera_inside_california_poppy.html Europe,Heesch,Netherlands,World,the Netherlands" /></a></figure> Europe,Heesch,Netherlands,World,the Netherlands Click/tap to enlarge

Thrip (Thysanoptera) inside California Poppy

Yesterday, Christine pointed out that the tiny creatures barely visible in the core of this flower...

California Poppy - flower, Heesch, Netherlands Cultivated.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/137947/california_poppy_orang_heesch_netherlands.html California Poppy,Eschscholzia californica,Europe,Heesch,Netherlands,World,the Netherlands

...are thrips. An insect order (Thysanoptera) I had not even heard of and easy to miss at 1mm or smaller. Today I took the 2X and 5X macro gear to try and capture them.

A challenge to say the least. I had to get the lens inside the flower. Then added a ring focus light because I couldn't see anything at all. Followed by handheld focusing at 5x macro on erratic subjects, which very much is spray and pray. Not 100% happy with the result but still happy to have captured my first thrips, with major credit to Christine for the idea!

Thrips (Thysanoptera) inside California Poppy Yesterday, Christine pointed out that the tiny creatures barely visible in the core of this flower...<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/137941/california_poppy_-_flower_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> ...are thrips. An insect order (Thysanoptera) I had not even heard of and easy to miss at 1mm or smaller. Today I took the 2X and 5X macro gear to try and capture them. <br /> <br /> A challenge to say the least. I had to get the lens inside the flower. Then added a ring focus light because I couldn't see anything at all. Followed by handheld focusing at 5x macro on erratic subjects, which very much is spray and pray. Not 100% happy with the result but still happy to have captured my first thrips, with major credit to Christine for the idea!<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/138042/thrip_thysanoptera_inside_california_poppy.html Europe,Heesch,Netherlands,World,the Netherlands

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    Christine Young
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    Yay! They look tiny, indeed. Very cool! Posted 8 months ago

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