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Paul Iddon
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Well, until I have had someone come up with an ID for me, I will have to plead my ignorance in the identification of this little bug.
At less than 2mm in length, and being brown, the same colour as old wood on my disintegrating old bird table, and given that it was taken at night, after 10pm, even to have spotted the little bugger is wonder enough!
But I do not yet know what it is. I considered that it was a springtail with wings, but I am 99.9% certain that springtails do not have wings. So that rules them out, yet it seems to have the big bulbous arse (sorry, bum) shape that springtails (globular ones at any rate) also have.
Whatever it turns out to be, the little thing was busy chomping away presumably at the mosses or lichens or whatever, growing on the decaying wood.
I have cropped this, but have posted the full size unedited image afterwards so that you can get an idea of how small it really is. Oh, and if you think that this bug is small, the tiny red blob in the background was a mite of some sort, even smaller, about ¼ inch past the main creature!
Taken using the Sigma 105 macro lens with all 3 extension tubes attached and the Marumi ringflash.
C&C as always appreciated.
Exif:
Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 550D
Lens: 105mm
Image Date: 2011-06-07 22:04:07 +0000
Focal Length: 105mm
Aperture: f/11.0
Exposure Time: 0.0056 s (1/180)
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: Yes (Auto, return light detected)
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: sRGB
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
Photographer: Paul Iddon
Copyright: www.pauliddon.co.uk
Here is the full size uncropped image, without anything done to it (including no dust spot removal!)
Paul.
At less than 2mm in length, and being brown, the same colour as old wood on my disintegrating old bird table, and given that it was taken at night, after 10pm, even to have spotted the little bugger is wonder enough!
But I do not yet know what it is. I considered that it was a springtail with wings, but I am 99.9% certain that springtails do not have wings. So that rules them out, yet it seems to have the big bulbous arse (sorry, bum) shape that springtails (globular ones at any rate) also have.
Whatever it turns out to be, the little thing was busy chomping away presumably at the mosses or lichens or whatever, growing on the decaying wood.
I have cropped this, but have posted the full size unedited image afterwards so that you can get an idea of how small it really is. Oh, and if you think that this bug is small, the tiny red blob in the background was a mite of some sort, even smaller, about ¼ inch past the main creature!
Taken using the Sigma 105 macro lens with all 3 extension tubes attached and the Marumi ringflash.
C&C as always appreciated.
Exif:
Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 550D
Lens: 105mm
Image Date: 2011-06-07 22:04:07 +0000
Focal Length: 105mm
Aperture: f/11.0
Exposure Time: 0.0056 s (1/180)
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: Yes (Auto, return light detected)
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: sRGB
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
Photographer: Paul Iddon
Copyright: www.pauliddon.co.uk
Here is the full size uncropped image, without anything done to it (including no dust spot removal!)
Paul.
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Paul.
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Brian v.
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Thanks for the link, will have a read.
Paul.
Link to my personal website: http://www.pauliddon.co.uk