Busy time in the compost heap

[Lord Vetinari]

Things are getting a bit overcrowded in there :)

Brian V.

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[BigAl]

Certainly does look rather busy :D Are those red thingies spider mites? You have a pretty good crop of springtails ready to spring into spring :wink

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[Lord Vetinari]

Certainly does look rather busy :D Are those red thingies spider mites? You have a pretty good crop of springtails ready to spring into spring :wink

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Thanks Al -yes the brown/red goosberries in the first two shots are mites - not red spider mites but seen them described as harvest mites, tortoise mites or orabatid mites.
Brian V.

[jziegler]

Wow, cool but kinda gross at the same time. Never thought of looking for bugs in a compost pile. Nice!

[sunita]

Very nice series, Brian!

[job3210]

Nice set of photo Brian thay are so sharp.
What type of exposure settings were these taken with if you don't mind me asking?

[Skippy]

Things are getting a bit overcrowded in there :)

Brian V.


Send them to my place :rofl dang it!
You have such an abundance of bugs at your place Brian,
I'm just amazed at just how many different varieties you get.

Those little guys in the last two shots look great.

Thanks for sharing Brian :thumb ..... sigh.... hardly a bug anywhere at my place.

However I have lots of holes in the walls and mess everywhere with these renovations going on.

I even looked inside the cavity of the wall for bugs hehehe, didn't find any.

.... Skippy :D

[photodoug]

they look totally yummy, gummy

[Lord Vetinari]

Thanks for the comments everyone - much appreciated.

Job3210 Taken in M mode, 1/200th F7.1, ISO100, ETTL flash, MPE-65 lens at around 4:1 magnification
photodoug- guess they could be called macrobiotic :)

Brian V.

[leaforte]

Wow, are those sour patch gummi bugs in the last two pictures! Kids would probably buy them. Ecchh! Honestly though, I bet you coax buggies into you space any way possible.

[Giphsub]

great set Brian! :clap These are really cool to get a good look at. And they do kinda look like gummy! Hehehe.

[Lord Vetinari]

Thanks for the comments leaforte and Mike :)

Leaforte- no coaxing needed in this case :)
Brian V.