Saturday, 2nd February 2008
Mosquito Emerging
by Matthew
A mosquito emerging from its pupa. The lifecycle of a mosquito consists of 4 main stages: The female lays her eggs in stagnant water; the eggs then hatch into larvae; after 1-2 weeks the larvae develop into pupae; finally, the adult mosquito emerges from the pupal case in only a few minutes and then flies off.
This species of mosquito tends to live and breed in urban surroundings. The mosquito is no more than 5mm in length... I took the image at about 4x magnification.
Equipment: Canon Eos 5D + MP-E65mm
Matthew
I have been a keen photographer for just over three years now. I especially like wildlife and macro photography.
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Mosquito Emerging by Matthew was photo of the day on Saturday, 2nd February 2008. It is tagged Insects, Macro, Water. You can leave a comment below.
20 Comments
a.
Amazing!!!!!! This is a wonder! The detail is impeccable! The blurb was an interesting note too. How did you get so seemingly (?) close? Great Work Matthew!
Anurag
This is just amazing stuff. I am really impressed by your entreprise and your patience.
By the way the MP-65 is an awesome lense.
Hats OFF!!
Those 5mm creatures spread deadly diseases like Malaria, Dengue and Filariasis. Which cause hundereds of thousands of deaths in the tropical and equatorial regions.
Rosita
This is perfect, love the reflection!
Congrats!
Pauline Jones
I have tried photographing emerging mosquitoes and was rather proud of myself till i saw this. How did you do it? This is a really good photograph.
Tom Brooklyn
Wild shot. Good work.
Pat Hartley
WoW simply WoW
laurens
nice
Phil
Wow only 3 years into photography!?! great shot!
Ellie
Fascinating and what detail. Truly a gem to have in your collection.
Ellie
Your website is impressive! I urge anyone to go check it out!
Rama Raju
You have a lot of patience to wait for this nice shot. Congratulations.
Pieter -sAner- van der Horst
Amazing … Very detailed. Too bad the Earthshots watermark ruins the reflection.
kml
Wow – you must have been really watching these guys to capture this. Well done!!
Mario
Great reflection, what a detailed image!
Matthew
Thanks for the comments. It took quite a bit of planning to achieve this photo but it basically consisted of a lot of flash and making sure that I had the lowest possible angle to keep the reflection. I also had to do a lost of waiting around for the right moment!
Su
Fantastic shot, just wonderful
mike
Nice relfections.
Rajib Singha
Kudos, kudos and kudos!
renee
very interesting!
su
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