Treehopper herd on Datura - Antianthe

These photos with the white b

These photos with the white background are spectacular! that are you using for the background>

… Jonas Insinga, 16 October, 2008 - 3:40pm

You mean 'what?

I use white card board to pose the living animal. Then I go to photoshop elements and brighten the highlights until the background is a clean white. The insect is usually not affected as its colors are more in the medium range.

… margarethe brummermann, 16 October, 2008 - 6:15pm

Thanks! :D

Sorry for the type-o, by the way. :X

… Jonas Insinga, 17 October, 2008 - 1:29pm

Antianthe

This is a yellow version of A. expansa, and the nymphs are less heavily maculated, so it may be a different (possibly undescribed) species. Do you have any close-up shots of the nymphs?

… Andy Hamilton, 16 October, 2008 - 10:42am

I'll add

what I've got - not much, because people here always ask for shots of the imago

… margarethe brummermann, 16 October, 2008 - 11:41am

Wow!

That is so cool:-)

… Eric R. Eaton, 16 October, 2008 - 1:18am