Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, our palm trees killer...

Wednesday I went on my archives to get an insect for monday's challenge. Just after uploading the picture I went to my terrace take some air and there was a palm tree insect dead on the ground!!! I picked it up, put it on a plant, got my camera....

LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA, GAFANHOTO:

chimèle ..., kiiti, Karp Panta, Inti and 28 other people have particularly liked this photo

28 comments - The latest ones

Edward Bowthorpe

Brilliant pic,eddie,

5 years ago.

neira-Dan ^club

cet insecte , une horreur pour les palmiers :!! Le criquet aussi , dans son genre , est un autre problème mais deux belles prises

5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.

Annemarie ^club

love love this, enjoy your MM in Iceland:)

Happy new week:)

5 years ago.

Boro

Excellentes

5 years ago.

Gudrun ^club

It doesn't look dead bit ready to have a go at the next palm tree:-) Enjoy your time in Iceland!

5 years ago.

William Sutherland ^club

Excellent pair!

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5 years ago.

Percy Schramm ^club

Dead or alive, it's really a great macro. Enjoy your time in Iceland, Xata !

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club

Odd looking creature on the main shot! =O

Good macro shots =)

5 years ago.

niraK68 ^club

das er tod war (was man ihm nicht ansieht), ist dann wohl was erfreuliches, wenn er sonst Eure Palmen zerstört
klasse Foto, auch das mit der Heuschrecke

5 years ago.

Balatre

Belle couleur pour cet insecte, une petite préférence pour le criquet qui se trouvant dans le plan de la mise au point dans son intégralité bénéficie d'une belle netteté

5 years ago.

Marie-claire Gallet

Gorgeous critters, Isabel !! Greetings from the Alps !!!!!!

5 years ago.

Marie-claire Gallet

5 years ago.

Ernst Doro ^club

Rüsselkäfer mit ihren Fühlern auf der "Nase" sehen immer etwas exotisch aus. Dieser hatte vor seinem Tod noch die Flügel ausgeklappt. Das sieht man sonst eher selten.

5 years ago.

Ruesterstaude ^club

Die gefallen mir beide, die Heuschrecken aber noch besser, weil auch der Kopf scharf ist

5 years ago.

Taormina ^club

Schönes Foto

5 years ago.

Trudy Tuinstra ^club

wel shown

5 years ago.

Tanja - Loughcrew ^club

Oh..never seen this kind of insect before....I guess that´s because of there are no palms growing here ;) The middle part of this insect looks like it´s made of wood ;)

5 years ago.

Wierd Folkersma ^club

an interesting one, like made of wood

5 years ago.

╰☆☆June☆☆╮ ^club

Excellent...
Have a great new week ;-)

5 years ago.

Zulma

Wonderful!

5 years ago.

Chrissy ^club

Und Abflug! Wie schön er ist!

5 years ago.

Gisela Plewe ^club

I never have seen one like this.

5 years ago.

Xata ^club

OBRIGADA A TODOS FROM ICELAND

5 years ago.

Malik Raoulda ^club

Belle et remarquable macro .
.Deux captures naturellement imposantes .

5 years ago.

klaus 040 ^club

Dead insects are the best models. We can make with them what we want...
Excellent contribution with wonderful patterns on his backside.
What does he do to those palm trees to make him so dangerous?

5 years ago.

Xata ^club has replied to klaus 040 ^club

It is the insect responsible for the death of almost all palm trees in the Mediteranean area...

5 years ago.

klaus 040 ^club has replied to Xata ^club

Does he eat them???

5 years ago.

Xata ^club has replied to klaus 040 ^club

Yes. They feed themselves in the heart of the palm tree, digging galeries, they reproduce and emigrate to another tree when the one they are born in gets overcrowded... the tree dies from that.

5 years ago.

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