New Weevil stack
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New Weevil stack
I found another weevil last week, I think it might be the same species photographed by Acerola a week or so ago in the wild. I froze mine for stacking!
I have a lot of trouble with Weevil stacks, as my normal mounting method doesn't work very well with small hard round insects! But here is my best shot so far... (I normally pinch either the rear of the insect, wings, or legs in a small folded piece of cardboard, and then pinch that in a crocodile clip, which is mounted on my specimen holder - with small hard round things like weevils, there is a tendency to 'ping' out of the holding cardboard and end up on the carpet, hence some of the fluff/dust on this specimen!!)
I love the way the whole head/neck/shoulders seems to be one large ball & socket joint!
I have a lot of trouble with Weevil stacks, as my normal mounting method doesn't work very well with small hard round insects! But here is my best shot so far... (I normally pinch either the rear of the insect, wings, or legs in a small folded piece of cardboard, and then pinch that in a crocodile clip, which is mounted on my specimen holder - with small hard round things like weevils, there is a tendency to 'ping' out of the holding cardboard and end up on the carpet, hence some of the fluff/dust on this specimen!!)
I love the way the whole head/neck/shoulders seems to be one large ball & socket joint!
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Hehehehehe That is so incredible and funny looking He is just too cute. I was thinking of an alien ball on a ballpoint pen. I like the "crocodile clip" also, here in the USA, we call them "Alligator Clips" . This is what makes the internet so wonderful and universal. Excellent work Laurie ("thumbs up" means the same thing right? )
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Very nice photograph, Laurie!
Yeah, very cute how the little feller got stuck up to his neck and eyes in his brown jumper! With his "beak" he reminds me a bit of a kiwi bird and the back-folded antennae give him a friendly smile.
Regarding your mounting difficulties: Maybe you could glue your specimen onto something like a strip of cardboard. Water-diluted common wallpaper paste (= cellulose glue/paste) is used in entomology for mounting purposes. Minute droplets of that glue dry quickly and can ( as well as unwanted residues) be solved with a little water afterwards when you want to dismount your specimen, e. g. for another positioning or further storage.
--Betty
Yeah, very cute how the little feller got stuck up to his neck and eyes in his brown jumper! With his "beak" he reminds me a bit of a kiwi bird and the back-folded antennae give him a friendly smile.
Regarding your mounting difficulties: Maybe you could glue your specimen onto something like a strip of cardboard. Water-diluted common wallpaper paste (= cellulose glue/paste) is used in entomology for mounting purposes. Minute droplets of that glue dry quickly and can ( as well as unwanted residues) be solved with a little water afterwards when you want to dismount your specimen, e. g. for another positioning or further storage.
--Betty
Many thanks for the kind coments! He/She is a little cutey!
Doug, thumbs up does mean the same thing here in the UK, though I expect somewhere in the world it means something offensive! (Thumbs up /what/?!)
Betty thanks for the tip on the glue, I recently started looking at entomological equipment, that makes a lot of sense and I guess wallpaper paste is probably quite cheap, considering the amount to be used for each bug!
Doug, thumbs up does mean the same thing here in the UK, though I expect somewhere in the world it means something offensive! (Thumbs up /what/?!)
Betty thanks for the tip on the glue, I recently started looking at entomological equipment, that makes a lot of sense and I guess wallpaper paste is probably quite cheap, considering the amount to be used for each bug!
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Wow great shot Laurie, almost looks like a bird! Think Snipe!
http://scribble.scran.ac.uk/user29631/f ... /snipe.jpg
http://scribble.scran.ac.uk/user29631/f ... /snipe.jpg
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Hi guys,Cyclops wrote:Wow great shot Laurie, almost looks like a bird! Think Snipe!
http://scribble.scran.ac.uk/user29631/f ... /snipe.jpg
i agree with Cyclops, it does look like a bird, but to me it looks like a New Zealand 'Kiwi'; a little ground dwelling bird with brown feathers and a long snout/beak.
Brilliant photography/stack.
Bruce...
Not at all! I've been looking at your Flickr pics, pretty good!spidermanbryce2006 wrote:Brilliant shot, god i dont even know why im posting my photos on this forum, geez you guys must laugh your head off at my photos!!!!
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I believe that includes parts of Central and South America.lauriek wrote: I expect somewhere in the world it means something offensive!
Also: http://www.associatedcontent.com/articl ... tml?cat=52
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I've been using SuperGlue/cyanoacrylate. Not ideal, really!Regarding your mounting difficulties: Maybe you could glue your specimen onto something like a strip of cardboard. Water-diluted common wallpaper paste (= cellulose glue/paste) is used in entomology for mounting purposes. Minute droplets of that glue dry quickly and can ( as well as unwanted residues) be solved with a little water afterwards when you want to dismount your specimen, e. g. for another positioning or further storage.