This is a green shield bug that I found sunbathing on some ivy, after coming out of hibernation. Around November the bodies change colour from a bright green to this bronzy brown, this provides good camouflage amongst the leaf litter during late Autumn and Winter.
This image was taken with a reversed 50mm f/2.8 EL-Nikkor on bellows.
Palomena prasina
Welcome to my blog
I am an exclusive photographer with istockphoto and produce a wide variety of images. Recently I have been experimenting with high magnification photography of insects, plants and anything else I find that looks interesting up close.
I am a first year undergraduate studying Biology at the University of Oxford. I have a particular interset in entomology and enjoy exploring the huge diversity of insect species in the UK.
I aim to use this blog to share some of the photos I have been taking which I find particularly interesting, I try to do a little bit of research on the subjects of my photos but am far from an expert. if I have made any big errors or misidentified something, please leave a comment or send me an email to correct me .
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Monday, 15 March 2010
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