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Tiny snail

Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
edited March 10, 2015 in Holy Macro
Just about 2 millimetres in size, a tiny snail...



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    CavalierCavalier Registered Users Posts: 3,034 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2015
    All great - but #2 is spectacular.
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    Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2015
    Cavalier wrote: »
    All great - but #2 is spectacular.

    Thank you Jo :)

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    Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,900 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2015
    Lovely captures Paul- natural light I assume ?
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    Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2015
    Thanks Brian :)

    Yes - all under natural light.



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    DeVilDeVil Registered Users Posts: 1,037 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2015
    #2 is great! :)
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    Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2015
    DeVil wrote: »
    #2 is great! :)

    Thanks Predrag :)

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    e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,378 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2015
    Nice images.

    It seems to be on bark. At some times of the year (I have yet to work out when to find them) I get slightly longer, and more-sharply-pointed, ones in the crevices of Silver Birch bark in my garden. Due to lens problems, I have yet to capture good images.

    Harold
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    Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2015
    e6filmuser wrote: »
    Nice images.

    It seems to be on bark. At some times of the year (I have yet to work out when to find them) I get slightly longer, and more-sharply-pointed, ones in the crevices of Silver Birch bark in my garden. Due to lens problems, I have yet to capture good images.

    Harold


    Cheers Harold.

    The bark is actually a small broken off segment of the wood which covered the top surface of a fence panel, which was on the ground.

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    Tom FosterTom Foster Registered Users Posts: 289 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2015
    Great shots Paul, I really like #2 but then #3 is pretty good too, nice to see the snail climbing (if it can be called climbing!) over an obstacle!
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    Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2015
    Spectacular Edinburgh wrote: »
    Great shots Paul, I really like #2 but then #3 is pretty good too, nice to see the snail climbing (if it can be called climbing!) over an obstacle!


    Thanks Tom :)

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    e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,378 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2015
    My seasonal ones were out there today. Thinking they were around 2mm, I set out with the appropriate setup but they are somewhat larger so I diverted.

    Harold
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    e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,378 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2015
    Paul,

    Your snail may be a species of Vertigo but there are a number of genera of similar appearance.

    Harold
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    Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2015
    e6filmuser wrote: »
    Paul,

    Your snail may be a species of Vertigo but there are a number of genera of similar appearance.

    Harold


    There are plenty that size and shape on a piece of wood in the garden. Perhaps all from the same egg batch.

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    StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2015
    Light passing through it I think.....really cool!
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    Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2015
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    Light passing through it I think.....really cool!


    Thank you SB thumb.gif

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    e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,378 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2015
    Paul Iddon wrote: »
    There are plenty that size and shape on a piece of wood in the garden. Perhaps all from the same egg batch.

    Paul.

    Maybe, maybe not. Snails are hermaphrodite and I suspect that, after each mating, both snails will lay eggs.

    Maturity, i.e. fully grown, individuals are usually required for confident naming and I am new to the subject. The are 100 species of land snails in the UK.

    I have just posted shots of the snails I find on bark in my garden.

    Harold
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    e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,378 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2015
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    Light passing through it I think.....really cool!

    Many shells of live snails are transparent, some much more than this one. Unfortunately, they become opaque when the snail has died and is no longer providing the required biochemistry.

    Harold
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    ThelensspotThelensspot Registered Users Posts: 2,041 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2015
    Nice pics. Interesting thread.
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    Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2015
    Thelensspot wrote: »
    Nice pics. Interesting thread.

    Thank you :)

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