Thanks for the data, Don. --- Don Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The Coleoptera (beetles) are the largest > group of insects. Your's could be a > member of the family Meloidae or > Carabidae but that's an very wild guess. > It's impossible to tell from the > picture. Is the body soft? Only a few > beetles can be identified by their > superficial appearance. There are 15 000 > different Scarabs, 2000 Lady Bird > species, many thousands of water beetle > species and, as I said, more beetles > than any other kind of creepy crawly we > have. There are probably as many beetles > still undiscovered as those we know > about. But I have only a rudimentary > knowledge of entomology. I can tell a > spider from an insect and a beetle from > a bug. Collecting insects is like stamp > collecting you decide on a genus and > then you start. After a few hundred > years you haven't found a tenth of them. > > Don W > > Albano Garcia wrote: > > Hi Don, > > I care, thanks for the info. Do you know wich > insect > > is it? > > It loved to eat the louses for sure. > > Regards > > > > Albano > > > > --- Don Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I've taken a looked at the pictures of > >> the rather beautiful beetle. I don't > >> think it's a Lady Bird, the shape is > >> wrong. The Coccinellidae, as far as I > >> recall, are all oval in shape this one > >> is not. The oval shape is a taxonomic > >> feature. Does anyone care? I suppose not. > >> > >> Don W > >> > >> Albano Garcia wrote: > >>> Hi Tim, > >>> It's not the toy, it's the operator :-) I was so > >>> fascinated looking at it that I forgot about > >>> composition. It was difficult too since it was > my > >>> first bugs macro experience (with a non macro, > >> cheap, > >>> consumer but lovely zoom). > >>> It was fascinating to see the ladybird in action > >> too. > >>> Regards > >>> > >>> Albano > >>> > >>> --- Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Main object in centre, > >>>> - the new toy makes you compose badly ;-) > >>>> > >>>> Seriously. It is fascinating to fight bugs with > >>>> bugs. In older days this was > >>>> common knowledge, now we tend to think > chemicals. > >>>> Bad for the bugs yes, but also bad for us, and > >> the > >>>> planet. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Tim > >>>> Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > >>>> > >>>> Never underestimate the power of stupidity in > >> large > >>>> crowds > >>>> (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some > >> other > >>>> clever guy) > >>>> > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>> From: Albano Garcia > >>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>> Sent: 2. desember 2005 16:03 > >>>>> To: PDML > >>>>> Subject: PESO: Terminator Ladybird > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Hi gang, > >>>>> First, I went to the dark side. I got a Nikon > >> D50 > >>>> with > >>>>> the kit lens, and a Transcend 80x sd card. All > I > >>>> can > >>>>> say is I'm very very happy with my purchase, > the > >>>>> results so far have been stunning. I love the > >>>> thing. > >>>>> Well, going to the pictures, a short story. My > >>>> dear > >>>>> plants at my window, got infected by plant > >> louses. > >>>> I > >>>>> tried a lot of methods, and they're still > there. > >>>>> Online, I read in several places that > ladybirds > >>>> eats > >>>>> them with pleasure. So, yesterday, I found one > >> on > >>>> my > >>>>> kitchen, took her to the poor sick plant and > let > >>>> her > >>>>> have a lunch. > >>>>> I took her some pics with my new toy. You can > >> see > >>>> two > >>>>> here: > >>>>> Nikon D50, 18-55 kit lens, ISO 200, 1/60 f11, > >>>> built-in > >>>>> flash. They're full size, almost 1 mb each, so > >> you > >>>> can > >>>>> see in detail the f...ng louses. > >>>>> > >> > http://www.albanogarcia.com.ar/ladybird/DSC_0232.jpg > >> > http://www.albanogarcia.com.ar/ladybird/DSC_0238.jpg > >>>>> I never do this kind of photography, it was > very > >>>>> funny... > >>>>> Comments welcome > >>>>> Regards > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Albano Garcia > >>>>> Photography & Graphic Design > >>>>> http://www.albanogarcia.com.ar > >>>>> http://www.flaneur.com.ar > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> __________________________________________ > >>>>> Yahoo! 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