Metamorphosis!
Slideshow by Jab21
Hello, in this slideshow you can see a very interesting transformation from an inmature leaf-footed bug to a mature one. I enjoyed a lot taking this photos and pretty amazed of being able to see them with my own eyes. I hope you like them!
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Maturing and leaving the old body!
At first i didn't know about what was this. It just really caught my attention, as i didn't see anything like this before, but after all, i'm pretty curious, so anyway, i decided to take some photos.
The story continues in the next photos!
Taken at iso 100, 1/200 and f13 using external flash and natural light.
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Leaving the old body, by slow paced movements...
In this one i began to realize what was this. I could see a little more of the wings, as the leaf-footed bug continued leaving it's old body. In a very slow pace, maybe in some moments it felt trapped or desperated, i just don't realize how something that big came out of the little old body.
The story continues in the next photos!
Taken at iso 100, 1/200 and f13 using external flash and natural light.
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There's a lot to do, before being free to explore its new body...
Here we can see so details of the old body and that the leaf-footed bug has a long way to get out of its old body. It seems interesting that when they get mature, they have these pink and red colors at first. And after what i suppose are some days, the pink colors get away and convert to the brown colors that we can see commonly in this species.
The story continues in the next photos!
Taken at iso 100, 1/200 and f13 using external flash and natural light.
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Getting out of the old shell...
Here we can see our little friend getting out of its old body. I like a lot the colors and details in its wings. I suppose they don't stay with this colors as they are pretty visible and easy victims of predators. So that may explain the common brown colors on this ones. In this one we can see its wings and that this little insect is becoming more and more a mature one.
The story continues in the next photos!
Taken at iso 100, 1/200 and f13 using external flash and natural light.
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At least i can move my legs!
Well this little one managed to get out some of its legs from the old body, allowing eat to get out easily.
The story continues in the next photos!
Taken at iso 100, 1/200 and f13 using external flash and natural light.
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Free!
With the help of a pair of his legs, he managed to take out a big part of its body. In this one we can also see the characteristing legs that gave name to these little insects, as they look like leafs.
The story continues in the next photos!
Taken at iso 100, 1/200 and f13 using external flash and natural light.
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A little more effort! We're doing great!
In this one, he's taking its legs in position, so he can continue taking out his new body from the old one.
The story continues in the next photos!
Taken at iso 100, 1/200 and f13 using external flash and natural light.
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Almost free to move!
In this one we can see almost all its new body, and how he managed to get out of the old one, after moving and pushing a lot. That must be very hard to do, it must be very tired after all the effort.
The story continues in the next photos!
Taken at iso 100, 1/200 and f13 using external flash and natural light.
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A little more and we're out!
He is putting its legs in position, we can see almost all its body in this one.
The story continues in the next photos!
Taken at iso 100, 1/100 and f16 using external flash and natural light.
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Almost?
He is almost out in this one. We can see all the characteristics from a mature one, only that this one has some pink colors.
The story continues in the next photos!
Taken at iso 100, 1/100 and f16 using external flash and natural light.
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After some efforts, we're out!
We can see all its legs getting in position, and almost all the new body is outside from the old one.
Taken at iso 100, 1/100 and f16 using external flash and natural light.
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Getting in position!
He's getting in position in this one, to entirely leave its old body.
Taken at iso 100, 1/100 and f16 using external flash and natural light.
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Ready to get out!
As we can see by the position of its legs (the ones that look like leafs) he's is ready to get out from its old body. Only a little portion of it isn't out.
The story continues in the next photos!
Taken at iso 100, 1/100 and f16 using external flash and natural light.
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Free at last!
He's out at last, we can see its old body and the leaf-footed bug with its new body in this photo.
I think he is hungry, and he must be after all this work. He's climbing to the top of a guava (not really a good one).
In this photo we can see the characteristic body of a mature leaf-footed bug. He has a pink color as we noted before, i suppose it will get the characteristic brown color from this little bugs.
The story continues in the next photos!
Taken at iso 100, 1/100 and f16 using external flash and natural light.
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Taking advantage of its new body!
The last one in this set. We can see the leaf-footed bug with its new mature body.
Taking all this photos was very interesting for me, looking at something new and being able to capture it with my photos.
I hope you all flickr users like this photos as much as i enjoyed taking them!
Taken at iso 100, 1/400 and f16 using external flash and natural light.
And please leave your comments and critics on this photos and the set, as they help me to improve and take better photos!
Thanks!
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Metamorphosis Set!
A mosaic with all the photos in this set!
Some of the thumbnails seem to be cropped or something like that, i think the thumbnail function has some limitations, but at least it gives an idea of the photos in this set.
Please leave your comments and critics, they help me to improve and to take better photos!
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Photo by jab21