LadyBug
by Darren Fisher
Title
LadyBug
Artist
Darren Fisher
Medium
Photograph - Photography/ Digital Art
Description
Macro caputre of a Lady Bug on the petal of a yellow flower. I have added a texture to enhance the image.
The Coccinellidae are a family of small beetles, ranging from 0.8 to 18 mm (0.0315 to 0.708 inches).[3] They are commonly yellow, orange, or scarlet with small black spots on their wing covers, with black legs, heads and antennae. Such colour patterns vary greatly, however; for example, a minority of species, such as Vibidia duodecimguttata, a twelve-spotted species, have whitish spots on a brown background. Coccinellids are found worldwide, with over 5,000 species described,[4] more than 450 native to North America alone.
Coccinellidae are known colloquially as ladybirds (in Britain, Ireland, the Commonwealth, and the southern United States), ladybugs (originating in North America) or lady cows, among other names.[5] When they need to use a common name, entomologists widely prefer the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles[6] as these insects are not true bugs.
The Coccinellidae are generally considered useful insects, because many species feed on aphids or scale insects, which are pests in gardens, agricultural fields, orchards, and similar places. Within the colonies of such plant-eating pests, they will lay hundreds of eggs, and when these hatch the larvae will commence feeding immediately.[7] However, some species do have unwelcome effects. Among these, the most prominent are the subfamily Epilachninae, which are plant eaters. Usually, Epilachninae are only mild agricultural pests, eating the leaves of grain, potatoes, beans, and various other crops, but their numbers can increase explosively in years when their natural enemies are few, such as parasitoid wasps that attack their eggs. When that happens, they can do major crop damage. They occur in practically all the major crop-producing regions of temperate and tropical countries.
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January 8th, 2014
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Comments (15)
George Buxbaum
Nice minimalist approach. Great use of color and composition to strengthen the image. +L
Nikolyn McDonald
Love the bright colors, the spot of interest in the ladybuy, the texture - my pick for photo of the day in the Photos - Best of Minimalism group for February 3.
Heiko Koehrer-Wagner
Excellent minimalims work ... our POD in the Best of Minimalism in Photography group discussion ... F/L ... Heiko and Helga
Lianne Schneider
Another absolutely exceptional creation using the perfect texture. Love this one - such a wonderful painted effect. I look and look for transparent painted textures like this! Fabulous. F/L T P
Randy Rosenberger
Beauty of a ladybug and not an Asian beetle pest! Nice shot, Darren! What a fine piece of artwork for me to proudly display on our Featured Artwork section of our Homepage, within our family of friends and fine artists, in our Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group. It is truly an honor to showcase your talents and beautiful artworks within our site, as our members get more promotion than in most groups, as I change out our Featured Artworks section 20 to 30 images at a time, and almost on a daily basis. I also change out our Top FEATURED artists weekly. I am proud to display this fine piece of beauty you have created for us to enjoy and share with others. LIKED and FAVED Forever, Elvis