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Birch shieldbug

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  1. View Ludo Sak's profile
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    Excentric photography! You've put it on a sheet of paper? Crisp colours, really sharp, great eye detail. Love it. Let's look at the other one. Posted 12 years ago
  2. View Ferdy Christant's profile
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    Never had a look this close at a shield bug. Wonderful macro! Posted 12 years ago
  3. View Ludo Sak's profile
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    Gratz on the promo! Posted 12 years ago
  4. View Frankhuizen Photography's profile
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    Hi Joost, is the black border due to vignetting or not? It's not disturbing here. Very sharp close up. Posted 12 years ago
    1. View Joost Thissen's profile
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      The lens itself has hardly any vignetting, but I added the vignetting later on in software. I use it to make the surrounding less distracting without having to crop that surrounding away. Learned that from Ferdy. The straight line you see in the left upper corner is not software, but the very real edge of the table. I first placed the shield bug on a mirror which lay on the table, but the shield bug walked away. Only on the table he stopped a moment and gave me the chance to take a few pictures. Posted 12 years ago
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    Howdy,
    This is not P.prasina but an Elasmostethus (family Acanthosomatidae). Very, very probably E.interstinctus, but there is a rare second species (E.minor) known from the Netherlands mainly from southern Limburg, living on Lonicera xylosteum and the two cannot be separated from avarage photographs.

    Please remove/add tags accordingly, so it may be displayed in the correct galleries :o)     Posted 8 years ago
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      Thanks for the proper ID (I should have seen that myself). I have corrected the tags. Posted 8 years ago

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The Birch shieldbug

The birch shieldbug is species of shield bug in the Acanthosomatidae family. It is widely distributed across Europe. The species overwinters in an adult stage, after which they emerge in the spring and start to mate. Their larvae feed usually on birch, but could also be found on aspen and hazel.

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Similar species: True Bugs
Species identified by Joost Thissen
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By Joost Thissen

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Uploaded Sep 24, 2012. Captured Aug 21, 2012 00:09 in Bestseweg, 5691 Son, The Netherlands.
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  • SLT-A55V
  • f/10.0
  • 1/160s
  • ISO200
  • 90mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.