Thread-like Centipede Schendyla nemorensis

e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
edited March 30, 2015 in Holy Macro
This species has only about 40 pairs of legs and lacks claws on the hind legs. It is very thin and thread-like and paler than the common species of similar appearance, as well a having fewer legs.

This was found on a dry, rotten piece of coarse bark off a Silver Birch tree.

With a long, thin individual moving over and uneven surface, DOF was an issue.

EM-1, Leitz Photar 50mm at f11 1/60*, ISO 400, on extension to ca 150mm from the sensor, flash, hand-held.

* Not the usual choice. It should have been maybe 1/250.

Harold

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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2015
    Superb!
    Could be an abstract!
    Great bg, nice light, unique subject!clap.gif
  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2015
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    Superb!
    Could be an abstract!
    Great bg, nice light, unique subject!clap.gif

    Thanks. Another one to look out for in my garden hunting ground.

    Harold
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2015
    Good capture Harold -I know how difficult centipedes are
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  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2015
    Lord Vetinari wrote: »
    Good capture Harold -I know how difficult centipedes are
    Brian v.

    Thanks, Brian.

    No luck so far with the larger species, which I find frequently but is just too fast.

    Yesterday I was shooting a white-legged millipede on the move. At some stage I picked up some unknown contamination from the substrate on my lens, the resulting flare right in the middle of portraits!

    Harold
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