Today's Find
Apr 4, 2017 14:59:52 #
Do any of you know what this is and do I need to evacuate the children :-) Found by Mrs B climbing very slowly up the bedroom door frame it is about 1/4-inch long.
I am still finding it very difficult to focus on the eyes with my MP-E 65, hand held. It is all so dark at f/13 with 2 or 3 times magnification. I've shared the best of the bunch hoping that I'm demonstrating a little improvement (however small). I love the way something that looks completely black to the eye takes on form and colour once magnified.
Canon 6D, MP-E 65 macro lens, 180-sec at f/13, 430EXIII speedlight defused, at 1/2 power.
I am still finding it very difficult to focus on the eyes with my MP-E 65, hand held. It is all so dark at f/13 with 2 or 3 times magnification. I've shared the best of the bunch hoping that I'm demonstrating a little improvement (however small). I love the way something that looks completely black to the eye takes on form and colour once magnified.
Canon 6D, MP-E 65 macro lens, 180-sec at f/13, 430EXIII speedlight defused, at 1/2 power.
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Apr 5, 2017 15:41:32 #
Your friend MIGHT (emphasize the might -- there are over 130 species in the family in the US, don't know about Britain, and several dozens of of families of small moths) be a clothes moth, Tineidae. About as close as I can get is 'brown with 3 darker spots on fore wings", probably fits a lot of others that are not problems. Check your woolens for thin spots, galleries, or tiny tubular cases the larvae construct. Good old 'moth balls' do keep them away in closed spaces, but may not have much effect on a pre-existing colony. PDB is better, but noxious.
Apr 5, 2017 18:12:01 #
relbugman wrote:
Many thanks for the warning relbugman.Your friend MIGHT be a clothes moth, Tineidae.
Apr 6, 2017 06:42:48 #
relbugman wrote:
Thanks again for the warning relbugman. It appears that there is an epidemic of clothes moths in the UK.Your friend MIGHT be a clothes moth, Tineidae.
From BBC News site: Rare furnishings and fabrics in England's historic houses are under growing threat from an epidemic of clothes moths, say experts. English Heritage says that moth numbers have doubled in the past five years, most likely because of warmer weather. A new species has been found feeding happily on the ancient wool carpets and tapestries under their care.
Sadly Welsh commoners are just as susceptible to attack as the English aristocracy. Moth traps and suitable spray already ordered by Mrs B
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