Anything but insects and spiders

The Crustacean empire strikes back!


An isopod at the beach in the Philippines. It was literally dashing, as in scooting forward in high gear 5 inches at a time
a100 with Tamron adaptall-2 35-70 f3.5-4.5



Lined shore crab enjoys seaweed salad for lunch
a700 with quantaray tech10 50 f2.8 macro



Crayfish strolling along the shore (probably not a wise choice for a hobby?)
a700 with quantaray tech10 50 f2.8 macro

Edited by pdeley - 01 September 2011 at 22:48

Hej Tue,

Thanks for the name info, and incedently for the aside, i had no idea bout the postman either :)





These were from a friends appartment in Copenhagen Denmark, he has found three of them in reasonably short sucession. They are quite large (about 3mm body length).

If anyone knows what species of pseudoscorpion they are he would be very interestead in hearing (hopefully not the only protected pseudoscorpion in denmar 'stellas'). One of his friends happens to have access to an electron microscope so we have asked if we can get one of them gold plated and a picture, if we get so lucly I will be sure to link it here.

Oddly on the previous page there are some more of these shot with exactly the same setup, but the previous ones are much harder not to get a nasty flash glare than these. This is not nearly so shiny and a much more camera friendly species than the last.

Tim

Edited by tpetpe - 01 September 2011 at 21:15

Some great shots... this thread really gives me the creepy crawlies though!

A100 with reversed kit lens.

aah, we have those in NZ too. A cosmopolitan pest.


Back to the world of opilionids (and old shot)

Thanks- the mite is about 2mm long, the opilionid 7-8mm. The setup was the a700, with the 90mm macro and the 6x Raynox adapter. Light was coming in from the Sigma EM-140 ringflash. I've found the 6x Raynox is the maximum I can go to for handheld shots.


Edited by wetapunga - 19 April 2011 at 10:20