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Sawfly Larva and Hexi
Published: 2009-07-25 18:21:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 22883; Favourites: 1627; Downloads: 0
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Not a caterpillar...but a larva of the Elm Sawfly. This variety is North America's largest....with a gorgeous blue stripe running down the back with small matching blue dots along both sides of it's body.The adult will be a blackish/purple creature, often mistaken as wasps or even bees.
Although I'm not a sawfly fan, these larva are just amazing in their specteral beauty.
This one is curled up on the underside of a Hexigonal-pored Polypore fungus.
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Nothing like waking up to see over 1000 clicks on an image. A huge thrill to get a DD on this image. Thank you so much for viewing and enjoying this image...even with the watermark on it!
Please know that there is NO way that I can thank each one of you individually for you're 'fav' on this image...but know that each and every one is appreciated!
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Comments: 517
his little yellowish face looks like a chick pea with two little black shiny buttons pressed into dough
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haha...never thought of that but it does! lol
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lets give it a name! chidough a cross between chick and dough
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You are very welcome SauriaMami( mistic name) and thank you
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Great colors, it really looks beautiful. Wonderful macro.
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thanx...it WAS beautiful! so glad i got to see him
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That is such a gorgeous shot! This is a very beautiful bug and you have captured the shot well~
Also, congrats
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thanx Chibi...(my son loves u'r name here lol) this bug WAS gorgeous to me...so colorful and ghostly
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I'll be the first to admit, I hate bugs. but this is gorgeous
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lol..well...at least we got ONE good thing achieved today! glad u like
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*hugs* two good things
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FOR THE LOVE OF HOLY MACRO this is fantastic!
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Not too crazy about the god awful watermark, but aside from that this is a beautifully, disgustingly, amazingly, inspirational image!! There's a certain "charm" to it and the colors are wonderful! Congrats on the DD!
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lol...thanx even for the disgustingly crappy watermark thingy. glad to inspire! sincerely? thanx for the entire comment!
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Very much inspiring! Good inspirational reference for future pieces!
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Congratulations on the DD! I have always enjoyed your gallery and the unique creatures you encounter!
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aw thanx so much! it's always a thrill to know that people who are already watchers still appreciate my work!
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I love your work! I live in Iowa so I see some of the same things, but can't make a decent shot out of them! I think it's great that you can make art out of the ordinary things you find while wandering around in nature. Beautiful stuff!
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ahhh friend. i go through some of my older images and just cringe at how many of them look. i MUST not have drank enuf coffee before photographing...or maybe...TOO much? hmm
it just takes time really...and sight! if u see what i see? then u can photograph the way i an others doo too! just give it time/effort.......really
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what a BIG bug!!!never seen one like this, is very beautiful!and not the larva itself, the whole pic is just cool of the coloring and all
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lol..he wasn't THAT big...i've seen a lot BIGGER...lol ok...not many...but a few......
thanx silent!
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even BIGGER?! o_______Ô id cry just for how scared i would be!they look so chubby and jelly look-a-like...ugh i dont know how the people who lives in Amazonas can eat bugs like those...
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lol...talk about AUSTRALIA! the aborigonies eat the witchity worms...
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yeah! they also do it! how can they have that for lunch?! yuk!
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i don't EVEN want to know...lol
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This is so stunning and damn beautiful. I lack the words. Excellent work!!
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u'r words were perfect. thanx Michelle!
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WELCOME!!
My pleasure.
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What an incredible little creature, and you've captured every bit of that. I love the contrast between the blue and the orange too, and the spongy and smooth textures. What a lucky find!
<33 Eyedropper.
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i was SOOOOO hoping all the textures/colors would come out. so often i get home and want to cry because i can't repair/redo the image. i got SOOO lucky here.
thanx again!
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At first I thought that this was underwater...
AMAZING detail and colours! I've never even heard of a sawfly!
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the first sawfly i saw? was a nasty grouping of black tar-like worm things with yellow dots. THIS guy...was a much appreciated difference. lol
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Ew, yes I agree much appreciated...
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your use of depth of field is stunning!!! i love it!
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thanx! i've an awesome camera that helps here.
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Beautiful and grotesque, and all the rest of that bug stuff.
Love the textures.
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lol....it was his textures i loved almost as much as his colors....he was smooth but bumpy...and still a cool bug! 
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It looks like a amonite!
Very nice!
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this is a amonite: [link]
Well, I don't how to name it in english...
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oh i'm sorry...a type of sea shell! for some reason i was thinking of a type of opal stone.
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No problem, the name remember of a stone, well now they are stones... Cause it was extinct million of years ago...
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