Cassida vibex Tortoise beetle
Description
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- Cassida vibex Tortoise beetle
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Cassida vibex is a species of Tortoise beetle, distrubuted throughout Europe and Asia. They feed on plants, preferring those of the Asteraceae family. Cassida vibex, like many other Cassidinae species, exhibits colour polymorphism, normally ranging from bright green to dull brown.
The shell of Cassida vibex exhibits a slight metallic sheen. This is a caused by a combination of reflection of light from the minute semitransparent layers in the cuticle, and the presence of fluid between these layers.
The Cassidinae subfamily takes its common name, 'Tortoise Beetle' from the way some species (including Cassida vibex) look similar to a tortoise (other than the antennae).
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- Biota
- Life
- Vitae
- Eukaryota
- Animalia
- Animals
- Arthropoda
- Arthropods
- Insecta
- Insects
- Brown
- Coleoptera
- Beetles
- Chrysomelidae
- Leaf beetles
- Yellow
- Daffodil
- Cassida vibex
- Cassida
- Tortoise beetle
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- Cassida vibex.psd
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- 3829px x 2698px
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- JPEG
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- Nikon Adobe RGB 4.0.0.3001
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- Market Harborough
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- Leicestershire
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- United Kingdom
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- Europe
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- Copyrighted
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- Available for Editorial Use:
- Yes
- Available for Commercial Use:
- Yes
- Copyright Notice:
- © 2009 Dave Kennard
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- Canon EOS 450D
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- Canon MP-E 65mm F2.8 1-5x Macro
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- Handheld
MT-24EX Macro Twin Flash with home-made diffusers
5 shot stack
Post Processing
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- Adobe Photoshop CS4
- Adobe Camera RAW
- CombineZP
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CR2s converted in ACR
Images stacked and combined in CombineZP with 'Pyramid Weighted Average' method
Artifacts removed and image cleaned up in Photoshop CS4