http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/96_CORONA_WIDE672fw_1.jpg http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/96_MIDCORONA652fw_1.jpg http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/96_INNER_CORONA64fw_1.jpg http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/96_DIAMOND_RING44fw_1.jpg Hello all. Ha...

Oops! I wrote my feature notes for Image 1 with the intentions of rotating both images 180 degrees. Sorry, reverse my spinneret descriptions and location notes.
Walt

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/96_araneidae_63x_obj_1.jpg http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/96_16xobj2Morbweaver_1.jpg Spider Araneus cavaticus (female) - spinnerets. Image #1 - Deep ventral view of the spinnerets of a female Araneus cavaticus. The lower pair of spinneret...

Thank you all for taking a look. Looks like their identity will remain a mystery.
Walt

Hello Carlos and Gary. Thanks for taking a look. And Gary, don't worry about that spider butt business. I use the same wording to lure in viewers to these images myself.
Walt

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/96_moth_eggs_on_spider_silk_1.jpg http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/96_catapillar95xC_1.jpg Moth Eggs on Spider Silk, ID help requested. Image 1- Several moth eggs laid on abandoned spider web silk. 140 images at 5 micron increments. Olympus...

New note: Please excuse the typo. 122 images at 5 micron increments. Not .5 microns
Walt

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/96_Cyclosa_conica16x_1.jpg Spider Cyclosa conica (female) - spinnerets. Image - Ventral view of the spinnerets in Cyclosa. 122 images at .5 micron increments. This spider is again from the large family of Araneidae, the orb web weavers. The body is quit...

Hello Beatsy. Yes, the features are so alien in look and texture they would make a good si-fi horror. In regards to whether these are unusual, in my limited experience, they seem different on every subject I have been fortunate enough to get a good look at. I say that because these spinneret complex...

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/96_Micrathenagracilis_16x5mW_1.jpg http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/96_Micrathenagracilis_16x_25W_1.jpg Spider Micrathena gracilis (female) - spinnerets. Image #1 - Deep ventral view of the spinnerets in the female Micrathena. 153 images at...

Gentlemen, thank you all for your kind words and interest. Pwnell, an image with a 80 year old fountain pen is in the works.
Walt

Nice study of a favorite walk in the woods subject for me. Thanks for sharing your expertise. Walt

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/96_pen_to_paper_2W_1.jpg Putting pen to paper. Leitz 4X objective, stacked image. A little microscope fun with an everyday subject. Interesting how what the eye sees as a solid black line of ink, is actually mostly the top surface of the paper fibers. I...

Carlos. Thank you so much. Walt

Thank you Keith. Walt