Tuponia mixticolor (A. Costa, 1862)
a capsid bug
Tuponia mixticolor(A. Costa, 1862) - a capsid bug, Female - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - white background

Image 0001: Female - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - white background

Please quote P107529 in any enquiries regarding this image.

For contact details see Conditions of use

Magnification macro-photographmacro-photograph
Specimen prep Fresh specimen
Lighting/focus Styrofoam cup diffuser
Background white background
Image post-processing Stacked image (14 frames) combined in Zerene Stacker
Equipment used Canon EOS400D dSLR and MP-E 65mm x1 to x5 macro lens
Magnification factor x5
Photographer Malcolm Storey
Image Copyright Copyright © Malcolm Storey, 2013, www.bioimages.org.uk. Some rights reserved.
High resolution image available Yes
Image Reference P107529
Found as Imago
Date 17 Jul 2013
OS grid ref SY68
Lat/Lon 50° 40' N, 2° 30' W
Location Dorset, VC9, England
Voucher 17 Jul 2013[E]
Record summary Males and females, numerous, swept off Tamarisc
Associated organism on live, flowering bush of Tamarix gallica
Return to Record page Tuponia mixticolor on 17 Jul 2013 at SY68 in Dorset
Return to Taxon page Tuponia mixticolor
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)