Some kind of bugs have made quite a meal of these wild grape leaves along the trail of a nearby park.
© Sheila Creighton 2011
Bug Lace
Posted on by Sheila Creighton •
Posted in Nature
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Tagged bugs, chewed, leaves, photography
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18 Comments
Imagery of Light 
Beautifully done, there’s an insurance advert on tv here where a man cuts off a branch of a tree while he’s sitting on it and falls. These clever little bugs have left just enough leaf to provide firm footing back to the main plant to start again on another leaf.
thanks – it is a shame to see but I guess we all have to eat!
Very pretty – but devastating! Can’t be slugs – they leave nothing but a stalk!
thanks M – it may even be caterpillars… not sure. yeah I thought it looked neat although I generally try to take images of near perfect looking leaves… guess this is perfectly destroyed.
A beautiful shot. I like how the bokeh behind makes the lace really stand out! 🙂
thanks – I was hoping it would turn out like that when I was shooting. It was a very hot day and my dog Luke was pulling to get going.. ha ha .. he is so patient with me and my camera.
I love the colours and the texture of this picture. It’s quite amazing how a half eaten leaf can still look so beautiful.
thanks Carola. It does have a delicate feel to it… part of it is the way the bug has eaten around the viens leaving an outline..
That’s a reallly nice picture, Sheila. The way that the half-eaten leaf lies across the picture from centre right down to (almost) the lower left hand corner, is completely at one with the out of focus part of the plant top left, which is leaning out towards the picture’s left. If this out of focus plant were leaning towards the right, the shot would be less good. FATman
thanks FM – I took several shots and the composition of this one was the best..
Hmm.. could this be the “vegetarian’s” equivalent of not eating your greens – not eating the veins?? 😉
Beautiful, delicate capture..
thank you – ha ha perhaps it is… maybe they only like the tender bits.
Well done. I guess instead of urban decay photography this is a vegetarian decay photo.
Love it!
This is beautiful and lace-like. Let’s not think about the cause but only the effect.
thanks Lynn – it is quite the work of art for some hungry bug! ha ha 🙂
Again – enjoying seeing this the second time around. I took an image of a skeletal leaf last year but haven’t as yet posted it. It’s not as pretty as this one!
Sheila, you posted another favorite! How many favorites now? I lost track! As usual, you have a way with words as well as image! I love your expression “bug lace”!