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Cyclosa

nobody@flickr.com (johnhallmen) — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 03:52:45 -0700

Cyclosa conica, Araneidae
Size: 6 mm

Early morning stack of this peculiarly shaped orb weaver. Shot in May 2012.

Stacked from 29 natural light exposures in Zerene stacker.

Canon 5DmkII + Canon MP-E65 @ 2.7X, 0.6s, f/5.6, ISO100

Cuddly Bees

nobody@flickr.com (johnhallmen) — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:29:10 -0700

johnhallmen posted a photo:

Macropis europaea, Melittidae ♂♂
Size: 7 mm

Early morning stack from last summer. These cute little bees were found of the same species sleeping on field garlic.

Stacked from 106 natural light exposures in Zerene stacker.

Canon 5DmkII + Canon MP-E65 @3X, 0.6s, f5.6, ISO100

Sleeping Cuckoo Wasp

nobody@flickr.com (johnhallmen) — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 11:58:44 -0700

johnhallmen posted a photo:

Holopyga generosa, Chrysididae
Size: 6 mm

Early morning stack of this cuckoo wasp, sleeping an flowering Dactylis-grass. Shot on July 1st 2012.

17 natural light exposures stacked in Zerene Stacker.

Canon 5DmkII + Canon MP-E65 @ 2.2X, 1/10s, f3.5, ISO200

Laphria

nobody@flickr.com (johnhallmen) — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:54:20 -0700

johnhallmen posted a photo:

Laphria gibbosa, Asilidae
Size: 24 mm

This robberfly is one of the largest and most impressive flies in Europe! They are powerful predators, quite cabable of overpowering most flying insects.

This is a single exposure using the "shorty-forty" – Canon 40/2.8 with a Raynox DCR-150 to allow for closer focusing. Natural light + diffused flash to fill in the foreground.

Leptogaster

nobody@flickr.com (johnhallmen) — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:04:08 -0700

johnhallmen posted a photo:

Striped slender robber, Leptogaster cylindrica
Size: 16 mm

Early morning stack shot in early July 2012.

These slender robberflies are so small and thin that they are really easy to miss.

Stacked from 48 exposures in Zerene Stacker.

Canon 5DmkII + Canon MP-E65 @ 2.8X, 1/8s, f/5.6, ISO200

Wainscot Smudge II

nobody@flickr.com (johnhallmen) — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:34:09 -0700

johnhallmen posted a photo:

Ypsolopha scabrella, (ID-cred: H. Elmquist)
Size: 12 mm

Higher magnification stack of the little moth from the last post.

123 natural light exposures stacked in Zerene stacker.

Canon 5DmkII + Canon MP-E65 @ 4.3X, 0.8s, f3.2, ISO200

Gymnosoma on Plantain

nobody@flickr.com (johnhallmen) — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 06:18:53 -0800

johnhallmen posted a photo:

Gymnosoma sp., Tachinidae
Size: 6 mm

Early morning stack of this colorful little parasitic fly. Shot in late August 2012.

36 natural light exposures stacked in Zerene Stacker.

Canon 5DmkII + Canon MP-E65

Attic Treasure

nobody@flickr.com (johnhallmen) — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:13:10 -0800

johnhallmen posted a photo:

Two days ago I joined with my fellow board members of the Entomology Society of Stockholm in a joint effort to reorganize back issues of "Entomologisk tidsskrift" (Swedish Entomology Magazine) stored in the attic of the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm. This magazine has been in print since 1880 (!) and all excess copies were stored in this attic so this endeavor involved hauling several tons of stored material.

Anyway, as you can imagine, you can find a lot of stuff in the attic of an old natural history museum. Not surprisingly, I paid careful attention to the huge pile of discarded stuff from the department of entomology – a lot of which was heading towards a dumpster.

See comment section below for more!

Moth Fly

nobody@flickr.com (johnhallmen) — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:07:28 -0800

johnhallmen posted a photo:

Psychodidae
Size: 3 mm

Moth flies look like tiny moths but are the cute and cuddly looking cousins of the mosquitoes. In other words they are dipterans belonging to the suborder Nematocera. They are usually found in very damp habitats and some species often appear as (rather harmless) pests in bathrooms or around kitchen sinks.

This is a single handheld exposure shot in May 2012.

Canon 5DmkII + Canon MP-E65 + diffused Canon 270 EX.

Handsome Harvestman

nobody@flickr.com (johnhallmen) — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 06:12:22 -0800

johnhallmen posted a photo:

Opilio canestrinii ♀, ID-cred: E. Nurcombe

Early morning stack shot in August 2012 of this unusually nice looking (though 7-legged) harvestman. I've seen some spectacular opiliones-species from warmer regions but the the ones appearing in Sweden tend to be rather drab (though I've always found them interesting nevertheless).

This was stacked from 34 natural light exposures. (The original sequence consisted of roughly 70 images and included the perch but I much preferred this partial stack).

Sony NEX-7, Olympus Zuiko Macro 80/4 on Olympus telescopic extension tube (cropped to ≈ 65%).

High Key Crab Spider

nobody@flickr.com (johnhallmen) — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 09:23:23 -0800

johnhallmen posted a photo:

Misumena vatia
Size: 4 mm

A single hand held exposure of this young crab spider climbing around on a delicate plant. This was taken against the bright sky with diffused flash filling in the foreground subject.

Canon 5DmkII + MP-E65 @ 3.7X, 1/100s, f/13, ISO400

Gymnosoma

nobody@flickr.com (johnhallmen) — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:44:12 -0800

johnhallmen posted a photo:

Gymnosoma cf. rotundatum, Tachinidae
Size: 6 mm

Early morning stack of this little parasitic fly on some unidentified dry flower head.

62 natural light exposures stacked in Zerene Stacker.

Canon 5DmkII or Sony NEX 7, take a guess! I'll disclose which one of the two in a few days. You'll find the answer here »

Mimumesa ♀

nobody@flickr.com (johnhallmen) — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 10:32:38 -0800

johnhallmen posted a photo:

Mimumesa cf. dahlbomi, (ID-cred: J. Abenius)
Size: 7 mm

A very small solitary wasp shot in August 2012.

70+1 exposures stacked in Zerene stacker.

Canon 5DmkII or Sony NEX 7 (which of the two will be disclosed later) + Canon MP-E65. You'll find the answer here »

Green Shieldbug Nymph

nobody@flickr.com (johnhallmen) — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 06:31:19 -0800

johnhallmen posted a photo:

Palomena prasina, Pentatomidae
Size: 6-7 mm

Arguably one of the most abundant true bug species this region. This nymph was shot in August and was sitting on a Trifolium arvense-flower.

Stacked from 60 natural light exposures in Zerene stacker.

Canon 5DmkII + Canon MP-E65 @ 1/5s, f5.0, ISO200

Bee Wasp II

nobody@flickr.com (johnhallmen) — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 02:09:55 -0800

johnhallmen posted a photo:

Gasteruption sp., Gasteruptiidae
Size: 7.5 mm

This was shot within the same m² as the bee wasp posted previously and presumably it's the same specimen. I'm not 100% sure though, since it was shot a couple of hours later.

This one is perched on the heart shaped pods of shepherd's purse
Capsella bursa-pastoris.

34 natural light exposures stacked in Zerene Stacker.

Canon 5DmkII + Canon MP-E65

Bee Wasp

nobody@flickr.com (johnhallmen) — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:33:52 -0800

johnhallmen posted a photo:

Family: Gasteruptiidae (hoping for species ID from the experts!)
Size: 7.5 mm

This is a representative from the relatively small family of wasps called bee wasps (they parasitize solitary bees).

67 natural light exposures stacked in Zerene Stacker.

Canon 5DmkII + Canon MP-E65 @ 3.0X, 1/5s, f/5.6, ISO400

Slender Tachinid on Trifolium

nobody@flickr.com (johnhallmen) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:57:14 -0700

johnhallmen posted a photo:

Cylindromyia sp., Tachinidae
Size: 7 mm

Early morning stack of this slender parasitic fly on a Trifolium-flower. I had almost discarded these sequences (shot in August 2012) due to subject movement and wind, but by combining "good parts" from different sequences I managed to get something out of it.

Stacked from 42 exposures in Zerene Stacker.

Canon 5DmkII + Canon MP-E65

Gymnosoma II

nobody@flickr.com (johnhallmen) — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:48:03 -0800

johnhallmen posted a photo:

Gymnosoma cf. rotundatum, Tachinidae
Size: 6 mm

Early morning stack of this little parasitic fly on some unidentified dry flower head.

38 natural light exposures stacked in Zerene Stacker.

Canon 5DmkII or Sony NEX 7, take a guess! I'll disclose which one of the two in a few days. You'll find the answer here »

Silver-spotted Skipper II

nobody@flickr.com (johnhallmen) — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:07:06 -0800

johnhallmen posted a photo:

Hesperia comma, Hesperidae
Size: 12 mm

Frontal view of the little butterfly from the last post.

Stacked from 55 natural light exposures in Zerene Stacker.

Canon 5DmkII or Sony NEX 7, take a guess! I'll disclose which one of the two in a few days. This little exercise is coming to an end soon but I think I'll add one or two additional images. You'll find the answer here »

Silver-spotted Skipper

nobody@flickr.com (johnhallmen) — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:26:21 -0800

johnhallmen posted a photo:

Hesperia comma, Hesperidae
Size: 12 mm

Early morning stack of this little butterfly on a wild thyme flower.

Stacked from 86 natural light exposures in Zerene Stacker.

Canon 5DmkII or Sony NEX 7, take a guess! I'll disclose which one of the two in a few days. This little exercise is coming to an end soon but I think I'll add one or two additional images. You'll find the answer here »