Dear all, thought I would post a few 7D bugs; i.e. bugs taken with the 7D! In this case mosquito larvae. These shots are being taken for a book on Australian mosquitoes.
All images shot with 7D, MPE65, MT24ex using a small glass tank with a blue cardboard background. In the past I have used cold light sources, but the MT24ex is much better. For these shots, water is passed through a 0.2micron filter to remove any particular matter (otherwise too much cloning required) before the larvae are added. It is also important to have extremely clean glass, again to avoid hours of removing spots.
Aedes nivalis (a snow-melt mosquito) this was a stack of four images, combined in PSCS5:
Aedes notoscriptus (common around homes in Australia):
Aedes rupestris (breeds in rock pools along freshwater creeks), this was just a lucky shot:
Aedes rupestris pupa:
Anopheles annulipes
Culex annulirostris (a major vector of mosquito-borne disease in Australia):
Culex australicus (this is covered with a commensal organism, Vorticella)
A 3rd instar Culex australicus (the others are fourth instars):
Closeup of the head of a Culex australicus:
Culex molestus (breeds in septic tanks):
Culex quinquefasciatus (this is the one that buzzes you at night while your trying to sleep):
Finally some shots of the amazing Toxorhynchites speciosus (this eats other mosquito larvae):
Kind regards
Stephen
All images shot with 7D, MPE65, MT24ex using a small glass tank with a blue cardboard background. In the past I have used cold light sources, but the MT24ex is much better. For these shots, water is passed through a 0.2micron filter to remove any particular matter (otherwise too much cloning required) before the larvae are added. It is also important to have extremely clean glass, again to avoid hours of removing spots.
Aedes nivalis (a snow-melt mosquito) this was a stack of four images, combined in PSCS5:
Aedes notoscriptus (common around homes in Australia):
Aedes rupestris (breeds in rock pools along freshwater creeks), this was just a lucky shot:
Aedes rupestris pupa:
Anopheles annulipes
Culex annulirostris (a major vector of mosquito-borne disease in Australia):
Culex australicus (this is covered with a commensal organism, Vorticella)
A 3rd instar Culex australicus (the others are fourth instars):
Closeup of the head of a Culex australicus:
Culex molestus (breeds in septic tanks):
Culex quinquefasciatus (this is the one that buzzes you at night while your trying to sleep):
Finally some shots of the amazing Toxorhynchites speciosus (this eats other mosquito larvae):
Kind regards
Stephen
