[Leica] IMG: Finally!

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Don.  They look like fuzzy little Delta-wing fighters when they 
finally settle on a plant.  If you park beneath a tree that is infested 
with them, your car gets coated with a sticky residue.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 8/31/2018 2:02 PM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> Well done in your persistence.
>
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2018, 1:56 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
>>
>>
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