The branch sharers

[Prajwal J Ullal]

ID: Treehopper infested with parasite, being attended by ants

Spotted this huge treehopper perched almost peacefully on a plant, unfortunately one of them seemed to be infested with a full blown parasite, while being attended by ants and being bothered by us...
These beauties were the biggest ones I had encountered in my brief experience

EXIF:
Canon 550D
Canon 100mm macro
F/20
Shutterspeed 1/125
ISO 800
Handheld, External flash fired

Location: Nagla trail

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice details. Good that you could capture the ants attacking the treehopper. The vertical composition looks good. I feel the hint of the branch going out of the frame on the left is slightly distracting. Maybe you could have tried to frame with less space on the left (to remove the branch) and more on the right. Tried to crop the branch out to give you an idea. Please check the attachment.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice find. In which month did you sighted this and where? I agree with Mrudul. I think Prajwal uses the autofocus so the subject is centre framed. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi