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| Keywords: cassida rubiginosa cassidarubiginosa taxonomy:binomial=cassida rubiginosa taxonomy:binomial=cassidarubiginosa cassida green tortoise beetle greentortoisebeetle thistle tortoise beetle thistletortoisebeetle biological control biologicalcontrol pest thistle canada thistle canadathistle larvae tortoise beetle tortoisebeetle beetle pickering creek audubon sanctuary pickeringcreekaudubonsanctuary audubon pickering creek pickeringcreek droege biml ashley bradford ashleybradford sam droege samdroege patuxent wildlife research center patuxentwildliferesearchcenter maryland talbot county talbotcounty bug bugs insect insects beetles animal animals animalia arthropod arthropods arthropoda insecta coleoptera polyphaga chrysomeloidea leaf beetle leafbeetle leaf beetles leafbeetles chrysomelidae cassidinae black background pattern organic pattern monochrome Hold Poo Over its Body - Yep, this is Cassida rubiginosa the Thistle Tortoise Beetle brought over here to fight the Canada Thistle, which is not actually from Canada, but just another example of how we try to bring Canada down by associating it with Alien Pests. This species holds a little pile of animal poo over its body as a clever disguise (would you eat poo?) using its long prongs on its tail end (poo removed in this picture). Thanks to Ashley Bradford for pointing all this out and finding this critter at the Pickering Creek BioBlitz this weekend. ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~~~~~~~~ All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish. Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200 Beauty is truth, truth beauty - that is all Ye know on earth and all ye need to know " Ode on a Grecian Urn" John Keats You can also follow us on Instagram account USGSBIML Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen: Basic USGSBIML set up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4 PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up: ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques: plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo or www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU Excellent Technical Form on Stacking: www.photomacrography.net/ Contact information: Sam Droege [email protected] 301 497 5840 Hold Poo Over its Body - Yep, this is Cassida rubiginosa the Thistle Tortoise Beetle brought over here to fight the Canada Thistle, which is not actually from Canada, but just another example of how we try to bring Canada down by associating it with Alien Pests. This species holds a little pile of animal poo over its body as a clever disguise (would you eat poo?) using its long prongs on its tail end (poo removed in this picture). Thanks to Ashley Bradford for pointing all this out and finding this critter at the Pickering Creek BioBlitz this weekend. ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~~~~~~~~ All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish. Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200 Beauty is truth, truth beauty - that is all Ye know on earth and all ye need to know " Ode on a Grecian Urn" John Keats You can also follow us on Instagram account USGSBIML Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen: Basic USGSBIML set up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4 PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up: ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques: plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo or www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU Excellent Technical Form on Stacking: www.photomacrography.net/ Contact information: Sam Droege [email protected] 301 497 5840 | ||||
