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Invisible barklouse
Not so difficult to spot this camouflated barklouse (Psocoptera) among the lichen, is it? It might even sound dumb to be calling this one invisible:
Camouflated Psocoptera at 2:1
Canon Xsi, ISO 200 | f/11 | 1/200 on a 28mm reversed, stack of 2 shots.
Except… how about now, without the help of magnification? The natural view to the naked eye:
Canon Xsi, ISO 200 | f/18 | 1/200 @35mm on a 18-55 5.6 IS… Continue reading
Acanthoponera queen
Last week I went into my usual rainforest spot and came across a very nice finding, a queen of the pretty uncommon Acanthoponera genus, you can find the full story on the Meet your Neighbours page.
Acanthoponera mucronata queen
Canon XSi, ISO400 | f/11 | 1/200 @28mm on a reversed Soligor 28-35mm
One flash on camera and one held at the left. Stack of 3 shots.
Acanthoponera mucronata queen
Canon XSi, ISO800 | f/18 | 1/200 @45mm on 18-55mm 5.6 IS +22 diopter (Raynox msn-202)
Despite the Acanthoponera being a first timer for me, looking through my archive I see in the past I had come across at least one ant of this same subfamily in the area, another predator, a worker of Heteroponera flava, I remember this one was seen during the day (as well as another one in a different region) on a rotten log on the ground, as opposed to the nocturnal sighting of the Acanthoponera.… Continue reading
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Tagged ant queen, brazil, rainforest, rare insect
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