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A new objective – Lomo 8x 0.20

by ChrisRPosted onFebruary 20, 2012February 3, 2015

Received a nice little Russian microscope objective today from Haworthiaworld on eBay – a Lomo 8x 0.20 finite (I assume 160/-). I wasn’t expecting much…

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Morphos

by ChrisRPosted onJanuary 19, 2012February 3, 2015

As a quick follow-up to the “More butterfly wings…” post I thought you might like to see full-sized images of the butterflies used in the…

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More butterfly wings…

by ChrisRPosted onJanuary 13, 2012February 3, 2015

I got an unexpected “gift” the other day of a Melles Griot 16x/0.32 160/0.17 microscope objective lens. I had ordered the 10x version (which is…

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Christmas in Dorset

by ChrisRPosted onDecember 30, 2011December 30, 2011

Have just come back from a lovely, relaxing trip to my parent’s for Christmas … lots of chatting, eating and (a little) drinking, all in…

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Butterfly wings

by ChrisRPosted onDecember 6, 2011January 13, 2012

One of the standard ways to test a macro photography set-up is to photograph a butterfly’s wing and then show the image as a crop…

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Fly genitalia stacks

by ChrisRPosted onNovember 15, 2011February 3, 2015

Here are a few stacks of various fly genitalia – taken at 4x magnification using the Schneider Componon 35mm f4 lens.

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Some Neotropical Siphonini

by ChrisRPosted onNovember 12, 2011November 14, 2011

Today I went through some of the specimens in my World collection that had been labelled under the siphonine genera (Actia, Borgmeiermyia, Ceromya, Pseudosiphona etc.).…

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A stalk-eyed fly (Diopsidae)

by ChrisRPosted onNovember 11, 2011November 11, 2011

Here is a stalk-eyed fly from Western Malaysia, taken at about 3x magnification. The equipment was Canon 1000D + Schneider Componon 35mm f4 lens reversed…

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A few ultra-close shots of tiny tachinids!

by ChrisRPosted onNovember 8, 2011November 8, 2011

It’s not often that you get this close to the very rare and tiny Microsoma exiguum (3mm), Cinochira atra (2mm) & Catharosia pygmaea (4-5mm). I…

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Some more stacking …

by ChrisRPosted onOctober 25, 2011October 26, 2011

Here are a few Pelecotheca (Cryptocladocera) sp. stacks. The technique involves taking about 30 photos, each at a different focal point in the specimen and…

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Science Uncovered!

by ChrisRPosted onSeptember 26, 2011September 26, 2011

Last Friday I had the pleasure of helping out at the Natural History Museum’s yearly “Science Uncovered” event. For one evening the museum opens its…

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Swyncombe Down

by ChrisRPosted onSeptember 14, 2011September 15, 2011

Just a few photos from a quick “recon” visit to Swyncombe Down with Rod d’Ayala, ahead of our guided walk for the Reading & District…

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Eggardon Hill

by ChrisRPosted onSeptember 2, 2011September 4, 2011

Eggardon Hill is an ancient hill-fort, owned by the National Trust, south of Powerstock Common on the back-road from Beaminster to Bridport. Besides having the…

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Beaminster & West Bexington

by ChrisRPosted onSeptember 1, 2011September 3, 2011

The day started well when I saw a lovely Gold-ringed Dragonfly in the garden in Beaminster. They are a very rare species away from their…

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A great day in Cholsey

by ChrisRPosted onAugust 15, 2011August 17, 2011

Tony’s meadow in Cholsey has been a survey site for the Hornet Robberfly (Asilus crabroniformis) because it is the center of a thriving population and…

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Some interesting flies from Paraguay

by ChrisRPosted onAugust 10, 2011

Today I received a small parcel of Diptera from Ulf in Paraguay – many thanks Ulf! 🙂  In the mix were lots of different families…

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Trichophora (Diaphanomyia) aurifacies, Desvoidy

by ChrisRPosted onAugust 6, 2011August 7, 2011

In this post I showed a species of Trichophora determined by Monty Wood. During a visit to the BMNH I discovered that there were no…

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Jurinia notata, Bigot (Bolivia)

by ChrisRPosted onAugust 6, 2011August 7, 2011

In this post I showed a Jurinia sp. from Bolivia, determined by Monty Wood. During a visit to the BMNH I discovered a species called…

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Archytas aurifrons, Townsend

by ChrisRPosted onAugust 6, 2011August 7, 2011

Last week I spent a happy afternoon at the BMNH, courtesy of Erica & Nigel in the Diptera department. I decided to concentrate on a…

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Moor Copse & Pamber Forest

by ChrisRPosted onJune 26, 2011June 29, 2011

Today was an absolutely glorious 28C and sunny (without a gale-force wind!) so I headed out for Moor Copse to see what I could find.…

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