Whoopdidoo I finally managed to pin and photo a Culicidae, probably a male Aedes punctor .
Here's a representative sample going from whole body down (some other images in my other thread about drying eyes).
Starting with an El-Nik 80/4, then 50/2.8 then 10x objective then back to the 50/2.8
Lighting with twin Nikon flashes through a yoghurt drink pot.
All stacked with ZS.
Aedes punctor
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Aedes punctor
rgds, Andrew
"Is that an accurate dictionary ? Charlie Eppes
"Is that an accurate dictionary ? Charlie Eppes
Patience, patience, patience. Curse, curse, curse. Yesssssss ! If they are fresh and juicy it isn't too hard, as soon as they start drying out it gets much more difficult.ChrisR wrote:Remarkable pictures Andrew. How did you manage to pin it - is it glued to the pin in any way?
I didn't need it this time, but my backup strategy is to put a drop of PVA (or Isinglass if I ever get any) on the end of the pin first. The hardest bit I find is actually getting the pin in at the correct angle - on subjects as small as this you can't really hold them still with tweezers - or have too many goes.
Andrew
rgds, Andrew
"Is that an accurate dictionary ? Charlie Eppes
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