Dragonfly nymph
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Re: Dragonfly nymph
Here is an image with impact. Like something right out of the Cretaceous, before the impact event of course.
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Re: Dragonfly nymph
Thanks. I now realize I should have posted this in STUDIO, but what the heck. The thing about these dragonfly nymphs is that you have shoot them almost immediately or they lose their color. This one looks like a later instar since it is starting to show wings. Remember, these nymphs got for three to five years before they start flying around.
Mike
Mike
Michael Reese Much FRMS EMS Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
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Re: Dragonfly nymph
No worries, I moved it just now.Olympusman wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 11:27 amThanks. I now realize I should have posted this in STUDIO, but what the heck.
Nice image, BTW -- great control of specular reflections. Am I correct in thinking this specimen has a dry surface, with lots of diffusion on the illumination?
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Re: Dragonfly nymph
Yes, it is a dry specimen glued to a pin on a pipe cleaner. I have found a good way to euthanize aquatic animals is to immerse them in water that is 90% grain alcohol. This keeps the legs from crumpling inward since the subject goes into a drunken stupor and slowly dies.
Mike
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Michael Reese Much FRMS EMS Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA