When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures.
A tortoise beetle is any member of a subfamily of more than 3,000 leaf beetle species that resemble a turtle because of the forward and sideways extensions of the body. Both adults and larvae of some species are destructive to garden plants and sweet potatoes.
A Dorcus sp. (29mm long, stag beetles, Lucanidae) found 15 years ago in a miombo forest in Zimbabwe (Mtoa forest, February 1999). Studio work with a specimen from a dried collection; it was cleaned and staged on bark. Image based on 61 exposures, assembled in Zerene Stacker (Pmax), not cropped. Canon 5Dmkii, MP-E 65mm at 1.1x, ISO-100, f/8, 1/160sec, flash diffused with tracing paper.
Here we present to you six of the most dangerous garden pests and how to deal with them. In nature, there is always a struggle for space and food. — Under the expert advice of ThumbGarden, make your gardening easy. You can grow your own food, become a professional self-cultivation, create a natural and happiness home.
