Common scorpionfly (Panorpa communis) female
Description
- Title:
- Common scorpionfly (Panorpa communis) female
- Caption / Description:
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A female Common scorpionfly (Panorpa communis) rests on a green leaf.
From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panorpa_communis):
Panorpa communis or common scorpionfly is a species of scorpionfly native to Western Europe.
The common scorpionfly has a black and yellow body, with a reddish head and tail. The male has a pair of claspers at the end of its tail (for holding the female during mating), giving it a scorpion-like appearance, although it is not a stinger. The adult insect has a wingspan of about 35mm, with wings that are mostly clear, but have many dark spots or patches. Its head, mounted with large eyes, is drawn into a prominent, upward pointing beak, which opens at the tip of its head.
The larva resembles a caterpillar and grows up to 20.3mm long. it has three pairs of thoracic legs and eight pairs of prolegs. The adult is seen between May and September, and can be usually found in hedgerows and patches of nettle. They eat dead insects (although they sometimes eat live aphids), sometimes stealing them from spider webs.
Although fully winged, the adults rarely fly very far and spend much of their time crawling on vegetation in damp, shaded places near water and along hedgerows. Eggs are laid in soil annually and the larvae both scavenge and pupate there.
- Tags / Keywords:
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- Biota
- Life
- Vitae
- Eukaryota
- Animalia
- Animals
- Arthropoda
- Arthropods
- Insecta
- Insects
- Mecoptera
- Panorpidae
- Scorpionflies
- Panorpa
- Panorpa communis
- Common scorpionfly
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- Original File Name:
- _DSC7268.NEF
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- Rating:
- ☆
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- Original File Dimensions:
- 3872px x 2592px
- File Type:
- JPEG
- Color Mode:
- RGB
- Original Image Color Profile:
- Nikon Adobe RGB 4.0.0.3000
Location
- Location Created:
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- Sublocation:
- City:
- Market Harborough
- Province/State:
- Leicestershire
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- World Region:
- Europe
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Rights
- Copyright Status:
- Copyrighted
- Licensing Status:
- Rights Managed
- Available for Editorial Use:
- Yes
- Available for Commercial Use:
- Yes
- Copyright Notice:
- © 2008 Dave Kennard
Camera Data
- Date Digital Resource was created:
- Shutter speed:
- 1⁄160 s
- Aperture:
- f/8
- Camera Model:
- Nikon D200
- ISO:
- 400
- Exposure Compensation:
- 0
- Focal Length:
- 125mm
- Focal Length (35mm equiv.):
- 187mm
- Metering Mode:
- Multi-segment
- Flash:
- No Flash
- Exposure Mode:
- Auto
- White Balance:
- Manual
- Light Source:
- Cloudy
- Exposure Program:
- Aperture-priority AE
Additional shooting metadata
- Lens:
- Nikon AF-S VR Zoom Nikkor ED 70-300mm F4.5-5.6G(IF)
- Filters used:
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- B+W UV 010 MRC
- Additional Optics used:
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- Olympus MCON-35
- Setup:
- Handheld
Flash: SB800
Post Processing
- Image Modified:
- Software used:
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- Nikon Capture NX
- Post Processing: