ecooper
Centruroides
Number of posts : 124
Age : 67
Registration date : 2012-06-02
 | | Subject: Ecooper's scorpions picture thread 12/6/2012, 1:55 am | |
| Lately I have been lamenting the lack of critters available to me to photograph at this time of the year. Well I am happy to say that the problem has been resolved—for the time being at least. Last week I took possession of 19 new “pets” including three new species of scorpions, two species of tarantulas, and one centipede. One might jump to the conclusion that I used the dearth of photographic subjects as an excuse to buy some interesting critters (and one would be right). Last night I finally managed to find a whole 15 minutes to do a shoot, so I quickly set-up my white box and took these pictures of one of my new critters: a lovely adult female desert hairy scorpion (Hadrurus arizonensis). Here are a couple of photos from the series I posted on my blog. Cheers, EC www.macrocritters.wordpress.com  desert hairy scorpion 7 copyright ernie cooper 2012_filtered by ernie.cooper, on Flickr  desert hairy scorpion 6 copyright ernie cooper 2012_filtered by ernie.cooper, on Flickr
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Yames
Tityus
Number of posts : 521
Age : 45
Registration date : 2012-09-18
| | Subject: Re: Ecooper's scorpions picture thread 12/6/2012, 2:38 am | |
| Those are very nice pics of my favorite little desert bugger. | |
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robert44
Tityus
Number of posts : 535
Age : 63
Location : Houston, Texas, USA
Registration date : 2012-08-25
| | Subject: Re: Ecooper's scorpions picture thread 12/6/2012, 10:50 am | |
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ecooper
Centruroides
Number of posts : 124
Age : 67
Registration date : 2012-06-02
| | Subject: Re: Ecooper's scorpions picture thread 12/6/2012, 1:16 pm | |
| Thanks! It's been years since I had a desert hairy. I'd forgotten what nice critters they are!
EC
www.macrocritters.wordpress.com | |
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voldemort
Pandinus
Number of posts : 31
Age : 41
Registration date : 2012-03-07
| | Subject: Re: Ecooper's scorpions picture thread 12/6/2012, 11:11 pm | |
| those pics are stunning! please keep 'em coming | |
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ecooper
Centruroides
Number of posts : 124
Age : 67
Registration date : 2012-06-02
| | Subject: Re: Ecooper's scorpions picture thread 12/7/2012, 3:06 pm | |
| - voldemort wrote:
- those pics are stunning! please keep 'em coming
Thanks! I'm doing my best!  EC www.macrocritters.wordpress.com | |
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ecooper
Centruroides
Number of posts : 124
Age : 67
Registration date : 2012-06-02
| | Subject: Another scorpion picture: Orthochirus scrobiculosus negebensis 12/13/2012, 1:14 am | |
| I picked-up a nasty virus late last week and haven’t been feeling particularly inspired (or healthy) ever since. But this morning—once I stopped trying to cough-up a lung—I decided to grab my camera and take a few photos of one of my Israeli pillar tail scorpions (Orthochirus scrobiculosus negebensis for my blog. These are such great (I dare say cute) little scorpions. But they are a pain to photograph because they live in a dusty environment—and it is really difficult to get a nice, clear, sharp photo of a very small, dusty animal. It’s tempting to wash one of these little beasts off in some warm water. But I’m afraid that immersion in water, even for a short time, would stress the animal badly or even worse, cause it harm. Cheers, EC www.macrocritters.wordpress.com  orthochirus 1 copyright Ernie Cooper 2012_filtered by ernie.cooper, on Flickr | |
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