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Buseu - Baix Pallars (Catalunya) Spain
Tags: Spain Catalunya Buseu Baix Pallars Trencalos Quebrantahuesos Bearded vulture Gypaète barbu Gypaetus barbatus Nikkor 500 mm 5.6 PF
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A Variegated grasshopper (Zonocerus variegatus, Orthoptera); quite common in the miombo forests and savannahs of Mikembo (DR Congo, Katanga, 1 February 2025).
Early morning fieldstack of a live specimen, based on 69 images (fast method, Zerene Stacker, Dmap & Pmax). Sony A6500 + Laowa 65mm f/2.8 ultra macro apo; ISO-200, f/2.8, 1/200s, -0.7 step, natural diffused light.
Gear & method used: www.flickr.com/photos/andredekesel/8086137225/in/dateposted/
Tags: Katanga DR Congo Mikembo sanctuary fieldstack macro green Sony A6500 Laowa 65mm f/2.8 ultra macro apo Zerene stacker taxonomy:kingdom=Animalia Animalia taxonomy:phylum=Arthropoda Arthropoda taxonomy:subphylum=Hexapoda Hexapoda taxonomy:class=Insecta Insecta taxonomy:subclass=Pterygota Pterygota taxonomy:order=Orthoptera Orthoptera taxonomy:suborder=Caelifera Caelifera taxonomy:infraorder=Acrididea Acrididea taxonomy:superfamily=Pyrgomorphoidea Pyrgomorphoidea taxonomy:family=Pyrgomorphidae Pyrgomorphidae taxonomy:subfamily=Pyrgomorphinae Pyrgomorphinae taxonomy:tribe=Phymateini Phymateini taxonomy:subtribe=Zonocerina Zonocerina taxonomy:genus=Zonocerus Zonocerus taxonomy:species=variegatus taxonomy:binomial=Zonocerus variegatus Variegated grasshopper Zonocerus variegatus taxonomy:common=Variegated grasshopper
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Immediately after NEST FINISHING the wasp lays an egg into the pot.
Simply looking procedure lasts more than 1 minute. I took many hand-held shots to get some material for stacking.
For this photo I picked 21 shots in a row (taken in 28 seconds). Finally I used 19 and am quite sick now after completion - there is no software which can help you not to spend several hours to compensate all (mostly tiny) wasp movements.. Processed using LR, ZS and Corel PP :)
Tags: insect hymenoptera aculeata vespidae eumeninae eumenes pedunculatus wasp solitary potter pot nest insect activity ovipositing oviposition clay macro stack daylight garden Slovakia wood predatory faceted eyes ambient
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