[Leica] IMG: Finally!

[Jim Nichols]

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
>>
>>
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