Mosquito stack
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Mosquito stack
This little bugger tried to bite me while I was shooting shrooms the other day so in the pot she went and in the freezer!
Stack of around 120 images with Nikon 10x CF objective.
Stack of around 120 images with Nikon 10x CF objective.
- augusthouse
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Thanks all!
This one came out a bit darker than I like but it's a contrasty little devil, with bright white and very dark areas. I can't boost the light at all without that white area in the middle blowing really badly (at the moment there is a tiny area of ffffff full white).
This mossie is actually very nice looking up close, it's body has interesting dark/white markings all over it. I wanted to shoot it from the front, but the antennae stick straight out at the front and mask the face completely as they are pretty much as big as the rest of the bug!
This one came out a bit darker than I like but it's a contrasty little devil, with bright white and very dark areas. I can't boost the light at all without that white area in the middle blowing really badly (at the moment there is a tiny area of ffffff full white).
This mossie is actually very nice looking up close, it's body has interesting dark/white markings all over it. I wanted to shoot it from the front, but the antennae stick straight out at the front and mask the face completely as they are pretty much as big as the rest of the bug!
Thanks Tom!
I'm currently using the objective on a bellows, I only have a really crappy compound scope at the moment!
P_T,
Believe it or not I did try, but this specimen didn't have the 'syringe' part exposed. It looks to me like the actualy syringy bit is very thin and quite stiff, and is surrounded by 4 long moveable 'arms' (modified palps?) - which are normally wrapped round the needle part, presumably to protect it. I'd need to put the specimen under a decent microscope to try to tease these arms away from the needle part. Sadly I lack the decent scope to do this with!!
Next time I'll wait till the bugger is actually biting me, then bung it in a pot and shove it in the freezer straight away, might catch it with the needle out!
I'm currently using the objective on a bellows, I only have a really crappy compound scope at the moment!
P_T,
Believe it or not I did try, but this specimen didn't have the 'syringe' part exposed. It looks to me like the actualy syringy bit is very thin and quite stiff, and is surrounded by 4 long moveable 'arms' (modified palps?) - which are normally wrapped round the needle part, presumably to protect it. I'd need to put the specimen under a decent microscope to try to tease these arms away from the needle part. Sadly I lack the decent scope to do this with!!
Next time I'll wait till the bugger is actually biting me, then bung it in a pot and shove it in the freezer straight away, might catch it with the needle out!
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