Hunter Region School of Photography in Newcastle, Macquarie Hills, New South Wales, Australia. photos: copyright Lyn & Gordon Finn
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Most of these photos were taken with a Nikon D100
(digital camera), using a 70-300mm Nikkor lens,
a PN-11 extension tube and a ring flash.
The original images were captured as TIFF files at 300ppi,
and the 'full-size' pictures here are
low resolution versions of these.
The shutter speed used was 1/60 and aperture f32.
The flash output was adjusted to get correct exposure
from full output to 1/16 (typically 1/16).
Using Photoshop, the white point and black point in "Levels"
were adjusted to give full saturation and contrast.
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![]() 30: first instars, length 0.1 cm. 19 January 2004, Crocidolomia pavonana, EVERGESTINAE | ![]() 31: #30: early instars, length 1 cm. 25 January 2004, Crocidolomia pavonana, EVERGESTINAE | ![]() 32: #30: late instar dorsal view, 25 January 2004, Crocidolomia pavonana, EVERGESTINAE | ![]() 33: #30 late instar lateral view, 25 January 2004, Crocidolomia pavonana, EVERGESTINAE |
![]() 34: #30: female moth 4 February 2004, Crocidolomia pavonana, EVERGESTINAE | ![]() 35: #30: female moth, underside Crocidolomia pavonana, EVERGESTINAE | ![]() #30: male moth, Crocidolomia pavonana, EVERGESTINAE | ![]() #30: male moth, underside Crocidolomia pavonana, EVERGESTINAE |
![]() 6: This is one of three have found over two days in December 2003. They have all been found on mint and are about 3.5cm long. They tend to curl into a ball and flick themselves sideways when alarmed. Chrysodeixis argentifera, PLUSIINAE | ![]() 7: another caterpillar on Tomato, length about 2 cms. November 2003: perhaps Helicoverpa armigera, HELIOTHINAE | ![]() 8: tiny caterpillar in a Shallot flower. There were around half a dozen of these tiny caterpillars in the same flower. length 4-5 mm. perhaps Helicoverpa armigera, HELIOTHINAE |
![]() 15:length 4.5 cms. on Silver Beet dorsal view December 2003 Spodoptera litura AMPHIPYRINAE | ![]() 16: #15 again lateral view Spodoptera litura AMPHIPYRINAE | ![]() 17: #15 again head close-up Spodoptera litura AMPHIPYRINAE | ![]() 18: #15 again, claspers and tail close-up. |
![]() January 2004, on Wandering Jew, length 1.2 cms. Its camouflage was amazing, as it was lying along the spine of the leaf. I wasn't even certain that it wasn't part of the leaf until I looked at it under a magnifying glass. It doesn't chew the leaf like most caterpillars I have seen. It seems to graze the green away, and leave a fine netting behind. Hypena subvittalis , HYPENINAE | ![]() #26 pupa, 4 January 2004, Hypena subvittalis, HYPENINAE. | ![]() #26 4 January 2004 moth, wingspan about 2 cms. Hypena subvittalis, HYPENINAE | ![]() #26: 4 January 2004, close-up of head of moth. Hypena subvittalis, HYPENINAE |
![]() 47: early instar Graphium choredon | ![]() 48: late instar lateral view Graphium choredon | ![]() 49: late instar dorsal view Graphium choredon |
![]() 19: on Cauliflower, length 2 cms. December 2003 Pieris rapae, | ![]() 20: #19 again December 2003 pupa, length 2 cms. Pieris rapae | ![]() 21: #19 again 4 January 2004 adult butterfly just emerged Pieris rapae | ![]() 22: #19 again 4 January 2004 head close-up, Pieris rapae |
![]() 45: January 2004, cocoon and pupa, Plutella xylostella, | ![]() 46: #45: February 2004, adult moth, Plutella xylostella, |
![]() 1: Hawk moth caterpillar on Mint, lateral view December, 2003: length about 7 cms | ![]() 2: #1 dorsal view | ![]() 3: #1 head close-up. | ![]() 4: #1 ventral view |
![]() 5: #1 posterior | ![]() 13: December 2003, Theretra latreillii |
![]() 50: larva Theretra oldenlandiae | ![]() 51: head close-up Theretra oldenlandiae | ![]() 52: ventral view behind thorax Theretra oldenlandiae |
![]() 38: larva Illeis galbula | ![]() 39: #38 pupa Illeis galbula | ![]() 40: #38 adult Illeis galbula |
![]() 41: eggs and larva Epilachna vigintioctopunctata (28 Spot Ladybird) December 2003, | ![]() 42: #41 adult Epilachna vigintioctopunctata (28 Spot Ladybird) |
![]() 43: pupa of Leaf Hopper | ![]() 44: #43 adult Leaf Hopper probably Siphanta acuta |
UNIDENTIFIED
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![]() moths | 5 July 2011, 28 November 2017 Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@outlook.com) |