Found these hanging out on the petunias, ID? -- Macro in photography-on-the.net forums

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Jun 29, 2006 17:53 | #1

Our petunias are in pretty sad shape. The smaller transparent ones may be why. Not sure what the bigger white bug is, but its tiny.

Barely visible to the unaided eye, only shows up as a white speck.

Any idea what it is?

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Jun 30, 2006 00:40 | #2

Look like aphids in #1 and possibly an adult whitefly in #2- it's the larval stages of the white-fly that do the damage- maybe that's what #1 is rather than aphids, not sure.
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Jun 30, 2006 14:12 | #3

I'm betting #1 is the larval stage of the white-fly.

Some leaves have trails dug through them. This group of 3 was very close to an adult before brushing the leaf chased the adult away.

OOC, to get some of your superb photos, how many shots does it take? Took about a dozen exposures to get even this fair shot. Does it get easier the more you do it?

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Jun 30, 2006 14:41 as a reply to @ Guineh's post | #4

MRaiford wrote:
I'm betting #1 is the larval stage of the white-fly.

Some leaves have trails dug through them. This group of 3 was very close to an adult before brushing the leaf chased the adult away.

OOC, to get some of your superb photos, how many shots does it take? Took about a dozen exposures to get even this fair shot. Does it get easier the more you do it?

Does get easier with practice, when I started I was lucky to get 2/10 useable shots now I get about 8/10 unless I'm doing something odd like bugs in flight.
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