Pondlife Macros

coker
Posted 27/01/2012 - 23:31 Link
Withthe set-up from my previous topic.
K7, 100mm D FA Macro, 64mm ext. tubes, Af200t flash.
Creatures in a home-made tank.
All released back into pond afterwards.

Identifications to follow.....


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Any C&C welcome.
Hope they are of interest.


Roger.
The more I look, the more there is to see!
prsjnb
Posted 28/01/2012 - 00:07 Link
Lovely set, Roger: sharp and well exposed

1: planarian (flatworm) - Dugesia sp

2:crustacean - Assellus aquaticus

3: copepod - Cyclops sp (female with characteristic twin egg sacs)

Jon
Frogfish
Posted 28/01/2012 - 05:27 Link
These are really cool Roger ... might even have a go at this myself if I can find some non irradiated water around here
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coker
Posted 28/01/2012 - 08:00 Link
Thanks for the identifications, Jon.
The last three: mayfly larva (again!); caddis fly larva, in its shelter/tube made of pieces of beech leaf; & a water snail, no idea what its called!

Thanks,FF, you really should! Imagine what might be found, now they no longer develop their film in the river!

Roger
The more I look, the more there is to see!

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