Bush mosquito - I decided to let this speckled predator draw some blood from my foot. Note the red-coloured tube with the extra appendage connected - when I looked at the photograph I thought it was a leg, but there are 6 legs in clear view. Wonders of nature - probably some kind of vacuum tube to assist the swift extraction of human blood. Note that one of my reference books says that one has to be careful when the mosquito that "bites" you points its tail downwards (when drinking) - most keep their tails horizontal. Ummm - the one embedded in my foot happens to have its tail pointing away from horizontal.
A Harvard from the Port Elizabeth airshow a few weeks ago.
Silver Falcon from the Port Elizabeth airshow a few weeks ago.
Fly proboscis (or tongue for lack of a better word for the appendage). I used a Raynox MSN202 lens for this - with flash. Extremely powerful lens (diopter) which has magnification range of 1 to 20 times (which can be extended to 36 times). Problem was that the fly's head obscured the light from the flash (the proboscis is under the chin). Magnification used was approximately 16 times and the major restriction is light. How does one focus in the dark. Flash only provides light for a brief moment and one has to have the focus set when the shutter is released and the flash triggers.
Mothfly. These furry moths/flies are tiny, but with beautiful detail on the wings and a very furry thorax.
The eye of a lizard (skink) with my reflection in the eye.
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4 comments:
very special and very interesting,I've only known lizard, the rest is unknown to me,hi Zane.
I hope that after you took the pic of the mozzy you rewarded him with a slap.
The last time I let a mossie bite me, it was the longest ever itch I had ever had! I suppose its all that anti-coagulant it injects into you. Agreed, Firefly, A fat slap should do the trick. LOL
Awesome photos. Very inspiring to me as an amateur newbie. I can see I'll have to do some serious work. I can't get over that proboscis or the fly's eye's. Makes me want to watch the Jeff Goldblum movie again.
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