Common scorpionfly (Panorpa communis) female
Description
- Title:
- Common scorpionfly (Panorpa communis) female
- Caption / Description:
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A female Common scorpionfly (Panorpa communis) hangs onto a piece of brown grass.
From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panorpa_communis):
Panorpa communis or common scorpionfly is a species of scorpionfly native to Western Europe.
The common scorpionfly has a black and yellow body, with a reddish head and tail. The male has a pair of claspers at the end of its tail (for holding the female during mating), giving it a scorpion-like appearance, although it is not a stinger. The adult insect has a wingspan of about 35mm, with wings that are mostly clear, but have many dark spots or patches. Its head, mounted with large eyes, is drawn into a prominent, upward pointing beak, which opens at the tip of its head.
The larva resembles a caterpillar and grows up to 20.3mm long. it has three pairs of thoracic legs and eight pairs of prolegs. The adult is seen between May and September, and can be usually found in hedgerows and patches of nettle. They eat dead insects (although they sometimes eat live aphids), sometimes stealing them from spider webs.
Although fully winged, the adults rarely fly very far and spend much of their time crawling on vegetation in damp, shaded places near water and along hedgerows. Eggs are laid in soil annually and the larvae both scavenge and pupate there.
- Tags / Keywords:
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- Biota
- Life
- Vitae
- Eukaryota
- Animalia
- Animals
- Arthropoda
- Arthropods
- Insecta
- Insects
- Mecoptera
- Panorpidae
- Scorpionflies
- Panorpa
- Panorpa communis
- Common scorpionfly
Admin
- Date Original Photo Taken:
- Original File Name:
- _MG_1377 and 1379.psd
- Event:
- Rating:
- ☆☆
- Date this image added/last updated on website:
- Original File Dimensions:
- 4249px x 2939px
- File Type:
- JPEG
- Color Mode:
- RGB
- Original Image Color Profile:
- Adobe RGB (1998)
Location
- Location Created:
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- Sublocation:
- City:
- Market Harborough
- Province/State:
- Leicestershire
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- World Region:
- Europe
- Geo-location:
- 52.474799754417, -0.94870079774444 View on map
Rights
- Copyright Status:
- Copyrighted
- Licensing Status:
- Rights Managed
- Available for Editorial Use:
- Yes
- Available for Commercial Use:
- Yes
- Copyright Notice:
- © 2010 Dave Kennard
Camera Data
- Date Digital Resource was created:
- Shutter speed:
- 1⁄200 s
- Aperture:
- f/8
- Camera Model:
- Canon EOS 450D
- ISO:
- 100
- Exposure Compensation:
- 0
- Focal Length:
- 65mm
- Focal Length (35mm equiv.):
- Metering Mode:
- Multi-segment
- Flash:
- On, Fired
- Exposure Mode:
- Manual
- White Balance:
- Manual
- Light Source:
- Exposure Program:
- Manual
Additional shooting metadata
- Lens:
- Canon MP-E 65mm F2.8 1-5x Macro
- Filters used:
- Additional Optics used:
- Setup:
- Handheld, 2 shots
Canon MT-24EX Macro Twin Flash with home-made Concave diffusers
Post Processing
- Image Modified:
- Software used:
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- Adobe Camera RAW
- Adobe Photoshop CS5
- Post Processing:
CR2s converted in ACR
Images blended for focus in PS CS5
Bottom right corner filled in in PS CS5
LCE selectively applied in PS CS5
Curves adjustment to increase contrast in PS CS5