A male harvestman Dicranopalpus ramosus - Please check scale bar to get an idea of size.
I love the look of these odd looking characters and they are so accommodating too, rarely if ever running away when you poke a lens at them. In my experience it's quite unusual to see their pedipalps tucked under like this, they are more usually held fully extended in front of their body.
This is a hand-held (ahem ) stack of 2 frames using Zerene Stacker. I actually took 3 frames but misjudged the third focus step.
Nikon D300 plus Nikon 105mm VR macro lens.
On-camera flash (manual setting), ISO200, 1/250s, f/18.
Bruce:)
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Thanks Ken .
Your comments prompted me to do a little research (aka Googling) and it seems your instinct is right on the money. From what I read harvestmen have been around for over 400 million years and have remained largely unchanged for a significant part of that time.
I quite liked this pic as to me it looked for all the world like a grumpy face on legs - bit like this emoticon .
Bruce
Your comments prompted me to do a little research (aka Googling) and it seems your instinct is right on the money. From what I read harvestmen have been around for over 400 million years and have remained largely unchanged for a significant part of that time.
I quite liked this pic as to me it looked for all the world like a grumpy face on legs - bit like this emoticon .
Bruce
Lovely capture- I always think they look like a little person sitting in a mechanical digger
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Well that says a lot for the little stinkers, seems as though they survived through the Ordovician-Silurian event (450 mya) and right on through the Cretaceous-Tertiary event till present day. Kind of like cockroaches they are.Bruce Williams wrote:Thanks Ken .
Your comments prompted me to do a little research (aka Googling) and it seems your instinct is right on the money. From what I read harvestmen have been around for over 400 million years and have remained largely unchanged for a significant part of that time.
I quite liked this pic as to me it looked for all the world like a grumpy face on legs - bit like this emoticon .
Bruce