Busy time in the compost heap

Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
edited January 15, 2008 in Holy Macro
Things are getting a bit overcrowded in there :)

Brian V.

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Comments

  • BigAlBigAl Registered Users Posts: 2,294 Major grins
    edited January 14, 2008
    Certainly does look rather busy :D Are those red thingies spider mites? You have a pretty good crop of springtails ready to spring into spring mwink.gif

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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited January 14, 2008
    BigAl wrote:
    Certainly does look rather busy :D Are those red thingies spider mites? You have a pretty good crop of springtails ready to spring into spring mwink.gif

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    Thanks Al -yes the brown/red goosberries in the first two shots are mites - not red spider mites but seen them described as harvest mites, tortoise mites or orabatid mites.
    Brian V.
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  • jzieglerjziegler Registered Users Posts: 420 Major grins
    edited January 14, 2008
    Wow, cool but kinda gross at the same time. Never thought of looking for bugs in a compost pile. Nice!
    James Ziegler
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  • sunitasunita Registered Users Posts: 210 Major grins
    edited January 14, 2008
    Very nice series, Brian!
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  • job3210job3210 Registered Users Posts: 83 Big grins
    edited January 14, 2008
    Nice set of photo Brian thay are so sharp.
    What type of exposure settings were these taken with if you don't mind me asking?
    Glenn
  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited January 14, 2008
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    Things are getting a bit overcrowded in there :)

    Brian V.

    Send them to my place rolleyes1.gif dang it!
    You have such an abundance of bugs at your place Brian,
    I'm just amazed at just how many different varieties you get.

    Those little guys in the last two shots look great.

    Thanks for sharing Brian thumb.gif ..... sigh.... hardly a bug anywhere at my place.

    However I have lots of holes in the walls and mess everywhere with these renovations going on.

    I even looked inside the cavity of the wall for bugs hehehe, didn't find any.

    .... Skippy :D
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  • photodougphotodoug Registered Users Posts: 870 Major grins
    edited January 14, 2008
    they look totally yummy, gummy
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited January 15, 2008
    Thanks for the comments everyone - much appreciated.

    Job3210 Taken in M mode, 1/200th F7.1, ISO100, ETTL flash, MPE-65 lens at around 4:1 magnification
    photodoug- guess they could be called macrobiotic :)

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  • leaforteleaforte Registered Users Posts: 1,948 Major grins
    edited January 15, 2008
    Wow, are those sour patch gummi bugs in the last two pictures! Kids would probably buy them. Ecchh! Honestly though, I bet you coax buggies into you space any way possible.
    Growing with Dgrin



  • GiphsubGiphsub Registered Users Posts: 2,662 Major grins
    edited January 15, 2008
    great set Brian! clap.gif These are really cool to get a good look at. And they do kinda look like gummy! Hehehe.
    Mike Helbig

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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited January 15, 2008
    Thanks for the comments leaforte and Mike :)

    Leaforte- no coaxing needed in this case :)
    Brian V.
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