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Bug Mandible, Macro Fotografie, Ant Species, Macro Photography Insects, Foto Macro, Micro Photography, Cool Insects, Cool Bugs, A Bug's Life

Found this 5 mm trap-jaw ant (Ponerinae, cf. Odontomachus; ID credit: tho.pieper ) in the dense rainforest of Yangambi (DR Congo, October 2013, pitfall trap). Studio work, ethanol preserved specimen. Focus stack based on 216 exposures, assembled in Zerene stacker (Dmap & Pmax). Canon 5D mkii, Canon auto bellows, Rodenstock Apo Gerogon 240/9 (tube lens), Olympus 10x infinity corrected microscope objective (see tags). ISO100, f/9, 1/160s, white paper diffused flash. Slightly cropped image (had…

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This little creep is known as the camel spider, it is originally from the middle east. And is known to attack soldiers in their sleep, now unfortunately it's venom triggers some form of necrosis but recent studies show that the camel spider has been seen in parts of Texas, Arizona, and Nevada so think again when you have the sudden urge to camp in the desert or something Camel Spider, Macro Fotografie, Arachnids Spiders, Spider Face, Macro Photography Insects, Foto Macro, Cool Bugs, A Bug's Life, Beautiful Bugs

This is the head (prosoma) of an excessively nervous and fast moving creature. It has eight legs, a spider-like body, but enormous chelicerae with vertically placed pincers (like crabs have) and just two 'compound' eyes (aggregated ocels). It is not a true spider but a solifugid (Solifugidae). Found it in broad daylight hunting on arthropods (any) in an open grassy spot in the miombo forest (Lubumbashi, DR Congo). Prey is cut to bits with the massive pincers and body parts are sucked in…

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Description Taken at night in Singapore forest. Quote from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrips Thrips (Order Thysanoptera) are minute, slender insects with fringed wings (thus the scientific name, from the Greek thysanos (fringe) + pteron (wing)).[1] Other common names for thrips include thunderflies, thunderbugs, storm flies, thunderblights, storm bugs, corn flies and corn lice. Thrips species feed on a large variety of plants and animals by puncturing them and sucking up the contents. A large…

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