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Just wanted to let you guys know that I'll be happy to take a stab at identifying any of the bugs posted in this thread. Soon it's time for the next Critterquest thread, full of bugs, spiders and other tiny wildlife!
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Cooling insects down is probably a better method than knocking them out with CO2. A knocked out insect loses its natural pose and will fall down and curl up their legs. If you want to try it, you can use dry ice as the source.
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Apr 3, 2010 18:41
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MrFrosty posted:Hey axolotl farmer could you take a crack at IDing this? Looks like a huntsman to me based upon on my limited knowledge, but the front legs look too long? Could be the Green lynx Spider Peucetia viridans http://bugguide.net/node/view/2032/bgpage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peucetia_viridans
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The little red creature is a mite, velvet mite family Trombidiidae. Money spider is a common name for the spiders of the family Linyphiidae. They are small, dark and shiny. If you see lots of little horizontal messy webs in tall grass or bushes after a rain, their probably made by Linyphiids.
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Apr 19, 2010 22:57
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Hey DFG, are you or ursa_minor going to make another Critterquest thread soon?
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Apr 23, 2010 21:56
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SpunkyRedKnight posted:
That's a ladybug larva.
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May 7, 2010 13:54
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Just wanted to let everyone know that Captain Invictus posted this year's Critterquest thread. Lots of macro and close-up pics of wildlife there. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3309515
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The green bug is a lacewing, and the butterfly is a skipper. You should post those in the critterquest thread! http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3309515
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Can someone tell me more about this microscope attachment? I got it along with a 1970s Bausch and Lomb 0.7-3x stereo microscope. Not even sure what the name of if this type of device is, but I assume it's for making drawings.  The top part screws into the lens of the microscope. There is a hole on the side, 25mm in diameter, with smooth sides. Inside the device is a semi-transparent mirror at a 45 degree angle. If you look through the device from the top, you see right through it. If you look into the side hole, you see what's reflected in the mirror. Here's my poorly drawn schematic of the thing.  The drawing attachments I have seen makes you see a composite of what you see through the microscope and the paper beside you, but this mirror is completely transparent when you look through the eyepieces of the microscope. e: I think it's a Camera Lucida device. Still don't know how to make it functional. axolotl farmer fucked around with this message at 14:08 on Apr 4, 2014 |
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DILLIGAF posted:Is it a device to allow you to use external lighting for your microscope slide? It's a stereo microscope, this model:  e: You're right!  It's a vertical illuminator. Never heard of one before. http://www.classicoptics.com/parts/B-L/B-L-Vertical-Illuminator.html axolotl farmer fucked around with this message at 16:23 on Apr 4, 2014 |
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