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tpetpe ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 30 December 2006 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Posts: 1472 |
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Those are very impressive shots wetapunga (thanks that is easier to say than chthoniid :)). Any idea what the magnification is on them? and what the subject size is? Very little flash glare there, but must have been a nightmare getting them framed.
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Wētāpunga ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 02 September 2007 Country: New Zealand Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Posts: 6829 |
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There's actually a 'butterflies and moth' theme that this would fit into micely. The idea behind this thread is to represent all those creepy-crawlies and slithering creatures that aren't insects or spiders ![]() -- Ok, another Opilionid shot. An NZ stout-legged harvestman. This is where having a ringflash or the like, is crucial. ![]() |
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jmeviking ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 23 September 2008 Country: Australia Location: Gold Coast Status: Offline Posts: 1392 |
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Wētāpunga ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 02 September 2007 Country: New Zealand Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Posts: 6829 |
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And a diversion into the world of mites- NZ feathered mite
![]() In situ shot in leaf litter on Waiheke Island. |
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Wētāpunga ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 02 September 2007 Country: New Zealand Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Posts: 6829 |
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Nesocherenes graicilis I think- an endemic NZ pseudoscorpion
![]() I mounted the specimen on a temporary slide mount, suspended in clove oil. The slide was put over a white pad and the 'lift' achieved by piling textbooks underneath it. This is what I used to take the photo- ![]() It's a Giottos tripod with the centre column fixed on the horizontal plane. I've got a Manfrotto geared head- to which I've attached a Velbon macro rail and my a700. The macro lens has a ringflash and a 24x Raynox microscope adapter attached to it. The release cable was set on a 2 second timer. Then it was just a matter of lining up the geared head and macro rail with the subject (about 4-5mm long). Edited by wetapunga - 11 April 2011 at 01:11 |
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pdellani ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 18 January 2009 Country: Brazil Location: Germany Status: Offline Posts: 314 |
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![]() Well according to the Wikipedia description these are Damselflies, mating. How they manage to fly together? A900 + Beercan f5/6 1/200s @ 200mm 500 ISO (Auto) SSS ON Cheers, Paulo. |
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Wētāpunga ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 02 September 2007 Country: New Zealand Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Posts: 6829 |
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I find that once you master Tyrannochthoniella zealandica you can pretty much spell or say anything ![]() Interesting that the Collebollans have finally made it to non-insect status. I know there's been ongoing debate about it for a while. That's a good job on the magnification too- what exactly is the setup? |
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tpetpe ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 30 December 2006 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Posts: 1472 |
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Many thanks chthnoiid, actually i had always wondered where that nic came from, now if i could just spell or pronounce it ;).
Whilst trying to find another pseudoscorpion (I think I was lucky last time) this springtail collembola hexapod turned up right under the lens, and was larger than most of the ones i have found so far, probably about 2.5mm ![]() Tim |
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Turerkan ![]() Emeritus group ![]() Moderator emeritus Joined: 11 February 2006 Location: Turkey Status: Offline Posts: 6253 |
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wow.. this topic is filled with awesomeness. thanks a lot for every picture posted so far and keep them coming!
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The pseudoscorpion has a poison tooth at the end of the fingers of its chela (pincers) Tim. It's the longest tooth- and if you look under a microscope- you can often spot the duct to the poison gland. They're quite effective predators.
Spiders of course, have the poison apparatus in their chelicerae, not pedipalps. Pseudoscorpions also have a silk appparatus on the end of the long finger on their chelicerae (fangs). I did my masters thesis on NZ false scorpions- one of the important families were the Chthoniidae. ![]() Edited by chthoniid - 23 November 2009 at 07:49 |
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Wētāpunga ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 02 September 2007 Country: New Zealand Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Posts: 6829 |
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Those are beautiful pseudoscorpion shots Tim. You've done very well.
They're not easy to photograph- gosh, I'm very impressed. |
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tpetpe ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 30 December 2006 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Posts: 1472 |
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Tukki, apparently they got reclassified, well according to wikipedia at least, I was sure that they were insects too, and it is strange to think that they arn't but also kind of nice to think that insects arnt as dominant as presumed.
Tim It is also nice to think that the most common animal in the world is something that i didn't even know the name of until recently :). Edited by tpetpe - 22 November 2009 at 22:16 |
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Tukki ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 19 February 2007 Location: Russian Federation Status: Offline Posts: 245 |
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I'd say that this is a collembola and it is surely an insect
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tpetpe ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 30 December 2006 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Posts: 1472 |
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apparently these things are no longer insects even though they have 6 legs, so the last lot in bugs and spiders were incorectly posted.
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