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Marching Mites
e6filmuser
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These are often to be seen on the underside damp wood and bark on the ground. They walk slowly but rarely seem to stop and their legs are rather long, so they get around. These are large for mites, around 3mm across.
EM-1, extension, Leitz Photar 55mm at f11 or f16, TTL flash, one free-standing, hand-held.
Images cropped for composition. There is some sensor dust which my temporary software is ineffective is editing out.
Those brownish, ear-like structures are pseudostimatic organs, a characteristic of cryptostigmatid mites.
Harold
EM-1, extension, Leitz Photar 55mm at f11 or f16, TTL flash, one free-standing, hand-held.
Images cropped for composition. There is some sensor dust which my temporary software is ineffective is editing out.
Those brownish, ear-like structures are pseudostimatic organs, a characteristic of cryptostigmatid mites.
Harold
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Brian V.
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Thanks, Brian.
Yes, like some of those walking robot gun platforms. These mites would never catch any prey but are harmless detritus eaters.
I had to close down a stop to get all the legs in focus and lost a bit of detail.
Harold
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Thanks.
There are uglier ones. Watch this space. They are smaller, too, so the ugliness is concentrated!
Harold
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Thanks, Phil.
I came across some similar ones once before. They tend to carry debris around with them.
http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18488
Harold