Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Tina.? Years ago, we had a "trash tree" with limbs overhanging my driveway, and I parked beneath? the tree in the shade.? It was a white 65 Dodge, and it ended up with a sticky coating on it.? 50 years too late, I now know that these little critters were responsible for the resin-like deposit on my car. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 8/31/2018 2:20 PM, Tina Manley via LUG wrote: > Yay!! We have those flying all over the yard now and I thought they were > pollen of some kind but their paths were too erratic. I'm so glad you > identified them and even photographed them. I would have thought that was > impossible! > > Great job! > > Tina > > On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 1:55 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > wrote: > >> For several years, I've seen these little 2-millimeter-sized balls of >> fluff float around when I was taking pictures, and, when I asked for help >> in identifying them, I was told it had to be fluff from some flowering >> tree >> or plant. But, as I saw them move about, I realized that they were not >> just drifting in the breeze, but were actually controlling their own >> course. I finally found out they were Hackberry Wooly Aphids, but there >> was no way to catch a picture on the fly. >> >> Finally, today, I had one settle down on a leaf in front of me. Focusing >> on something with no shape gave me problems; this is the best I could do. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20180831-DSCF9591.JPG.html >> >> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. >> >> -- >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >