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Hermetia illucens


Hermetia illucens
Información de la foto
Copyright: Jose Ramon Pato (JORAPAVI) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 704 W: 0 N: 1550] (10221)
Género: Animals
Medio: Color
Tomada el: 2008-09-14
Categorías: Insects
Cámara: Canon 20D
Exposición: f/16, 1/50 segundos
More Photo Info: [view]
Versión de la foto: Versión original
Tema(s): Joe's Favourites 2 [view contributor(s)]
Fecha enviada: 2008-09-15 2:55
Vista: 537
Puntos: 62
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Hermetia illucens

Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Family: Stratiomyidae
Genus: Hermetia
Species: illucens

The Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) is a common and widespread member of the family Stratiomyidae, and quite possibly the best-known species in the entire infraorder. There are several reasons for this:

The larvae are common scavengers in compost heaps
The larvae are used in manure management, for both house fly control and reduction in manure volume, and the mature larvae and prepupae raised in manure management operations are themselves useful as feed supplements[1]
The larvae are found in association with carrion, and have significant potential for use in forensic entomology[2].
The larvae are sometimes sold as live pet food under the names Phoenix Worms and Soldier Grubs for owners of herps and tropical fish. They store high levels of calcium for future pupation which is beneficial to herps[3]. Phoenix worms were first developed as a feeder species by Insect Science Resource.
Although extremely rare, the larvae could potentially cause intestinal myiasis or pseudomyiasis in humans. See this case in Costa Rica[1] There have only been a few confirmed cases of black soldier fly larvae causing this condition and it would most likely be the result of people scavenging food from refuse containers.
Black soldier fly eggs take approximately 4 days to hatch and are typically deposited in crevices or on surfaces above or adjacent to the food source. The accompanying photograph is an example of eggs being deposited in a crevice.

The larvae range in size from 1/8 to 3/4 of an inch (3 to 19 millimeters). Although they can be stored at room temperature for several weeks, their longest shelf life is achieved at 50-60 degrees Fahrenheit (10 to 15 degrees Celsius).

The adult fly is a mimic, very close in size, color, and appearance to the organ pipe mud dauber wasp and its relatives. The mimicry of this particular kind of wasp is especially enhanced in that the fly's antennae are elongated and wasp-like, the fly's hind tarsi are pale, as are the wasp's, and the fly has two small transparent "windows" in the basal abdominal segments that make it look like the fly has a narrow "wasp waist".

Source: Vikipedia

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What a wonderfully detailed macro. Those eyes are amazing! Your image is beautifully sharp, the OOF background is great and the composition is very competent.

TFS
Elizabeth

Hi José,
an absolutely smashing headshot of a fly species I never heard of before. I know how tricky this is technically but you mastered it superbly. And I like your usual detailed biological descriptions very much. Congratulations, José!
Best regards
Dietrich

Hola Jose

A brilliant image, what amazing eyes, stunning!
Excellent sharpness and detailed eyes.
Great composition, love the antenae an OOF background.

Great work my friend.

Chris

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  • zulfu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 648 W: 0 N: 130] (715)
  • [2008-09-15 4:53]

Hello Jose Ramon, superb macro of this dipteran! TFS.
G's,
Mehmet

Hola José Ramón,
Casi intimidante este macro!
Muy bueno el cerrado encuadre del insecto, los detalles en los ojos son sensacionales, lo mismo que la iluminación.
Enhorabuena y gracias por compartir la foto.
Un gran saludo,
JM

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1277 W: 0 N: 2338] (9842)
  • [2008-09-15 5:06]

Bonjour Jose,
Bien que n'aimant pas beaucoup les images avec des agrandissements d'yeux d'insectes, cette image m'interpelle. Ce sont les magnifiques couleurs que l'on trouve dans les yeux et les antennes de cette mouche, ainsi que la belle coloration de l'arrière-plan qui en font une image très raffinée.
Mes félicitations
Anne

Hi Jose
Fantastic macro. Great object, beautiful, colorfu eyes. Perfect sharpness, great OOF background Nothing to critique
Best wishes
Krzysztof

Hello José Ramon.
More a wonderful picture!
Excellent wealth of details!
Fantastic coloration and definition.
All always, very well done!
Regards,
José Roberto

hello jose,
excellent macro shot, the details are great, liked the pov, the tight crop and the compo,
well done,
tfs & regards
pankaj

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1987 W: 8 N: 5258] (17043)
  • [2008-09-15 9:36]

Hi Jose,

A fantastic macro of the head of this fly. The eyes are amazing with those wonderful colors. I love the details of the antennae - just fascinating. The perfect background to show him off.

Jane

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  • crs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 436 W: 0 N: 700] (2771)
  • [2008-09-15 10:08]

Hi Jose,

What an interesting macro of this insect. You have chosen an stonicshing DOF showing extrem sharp detaisl of insect's head. Even fines details can be seen.

Thank you for sharing,
Cristian

Hi Jose,
amazing portrait with excellent details on the eyes.
TFS Tatjana

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2840 W: 75 N: 8085] (27387)
  • [2008-09-15 10:30]

Hola Jose!

Superb macro! This fly looks absolutelly stunning, especially its crazy eyes. Perfect quality and POV. Congratulations!

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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 583 W: 25 N: 1747] (5966)
  • [2008-09-15 11:08]

Hello Jose Ramon,
Great shot, really close and detailed, good sharpness, great colours.
Very good note.
Best regards Siggi

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1132 W: 6 N: 3128] (11576)
  • [2008-09-15 16:06]

Ciao Hernan,e' una macro eccezzionale!!!!Dei dettagli cosi' perfetti non si vedono spesso,un lavoro da vero professionista,i miei piu' grossi complimenti,Luciano

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1817 W: 29 N: 5281] (17302)
  • [2008-09-15 21:26]

Hola Jose,
Outstanding macro image with immaculate sharpness and clear details. Lovely colours and great use of flash lighting. Looks majestic the two antennas and the eye details. Thanks for sharing this fine image.
Sumon

Dear Jose Ramon - this is perfect portrait! At first view I believed that this is head of butterfly, but after watching bigger version of phot everything was clear :) Fantastic details and great sharpness! This picture reminds me that I have somewhere phot of larva of this family fly, I will try to show it soon :)
Greetings from Lodz!
Friendly yours,
Radomir

Nice shot. Sharply focussed,a maziong details, and the colours look great.

Hi Jose.
Insect's unusual head. Beautiful macro. Astounding eyes, excellent sharpness. First class.
I greet Robert.

Hi Jose,
A nice close up shot of this beautiful soldier fly. Very well composed with sharp details. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1992 W: 245 N: 6495] (23136)
  • [2008-09-16 9:54]

Look at those eyes! They're incredible!
Stunningly detailed.
Excellent composition and an original POV.
Great DOF and uniform BG.
Superb clarity.

VERY well done!

Joe

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1030 W: 4 N: 2702] (12410)
  • [2008-09-16 10:14]

Hello Jose, Wow what a great closeup here. This is simply superb and I love the eye design. Ganesh

Hi Josè, amazing portrait with fantastic details, splendid macro, very well done, ciao Silvio

Hi Jose Ramon,
Another amazing image from you.
Such fantastic detail and colour.
Nicely composed too.
Wonderful work!
TFS
Steve

Hello José Ramón,

Hey, this is a good portrait!
A fine pose and pin sharp details, and the colour reproduction is true to nature...
The tight framing works well to focus attention on the subject!

Greetings,
Pablo -

Hola Jose Ramon.


Anda que retrato, con ojos sicodelicos y unas antenas bien puestas.

Saludos.
Jose Luis.

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2447 W: 63 N: 4087] (13166)
  • [2008-10-23 12:50]

Hola amigo,
This is a beautiful portrait! The eyes look amazing, I can get hypnotised by those colors and patterns... Very good focus, sharpness, lighting and POV. Gracias y saludos,
Selen

Hi Jose Ramon, great macro capture focused to the compound eyes of a fly with superb clarity and sharpness. ,
TFS and cheers,
Bayram

Jose, you are the master of macro photography, no doubt.
In this unblemished close-up capture, you have recorded patterns on the eye of the insect that cannot be seen by the naked eye.
You deserve to be congratulated for this fantastic macro image.
Regards.
Ram

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2171 W: 231 N: 4052] (13473)
  • [2008-10-29 9:46]

Hi Jose

A splendid macro here with this amazing close-up of this Black Soldier Fly's head.
It's eyes are definitely awesome here and the colors and textures you managed to retain make this such a unique shot. This one deserves a prize in a contest!

Bravo and TFS
Horia

Simplemente impresionate !!

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  • valy67 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1398 W: 53 N: 1916] (5734)
  • [2009-01-03 15:21]

Hola Jose !
What an impressive picture ! Wow ! Amazing close-up ! There are so many sharp details, we can even see the facets on the beautiful eyes, with their nice patterns and colors. I also like the way he is looking directly at you, eye to eye. The antennas in "V" looks fantastic too, and your note is very interesting. Well done !
Valerie.

PS : I didnt write in Spanish, because I am much too tired to think about how to make sentences in Spanish - English is easier

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