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Milkweed Beetle (Chrysochus auratus) Experiment
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Jan 10, 2020 17:20:59   #
newtoyou Loc: Eastport
 
sippyjug104 wrote:
Bill - seriously, you gave me the most important advice of the poisonous charastics of many insects and the need to be aware of accidental transfer of it on them to me so I am very thankful for your informative reply to my post.


The worry is getting the chemicals in your eyes. I caught a squirt of one of the larger Carabids. Lucky I had contact lens wash with me.
Painful. And stinks.
Cantharadin, from Meloid beetles has caused human death when ingested.
There are probably more.
Bill

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Jan 10, 2020 18:00:26   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
newtoyou wrote:
The worry is getting the chemicals in your eyes. I caught a squirt of one of the larger Carabids. Lucky I had contact lens wash with me.
Painful. And stinks.
Cantharadin, from Meloid beetles has caused human death when ingested.
There are probably more.
Bill


Bill, I take your advice quite seriously now. Until now I had only been concerned about getting stung or bitten. I never considered the excretions being transferred to my hands which could potentially cause skin or eye irritations.

By the way, there is a great program on cable TV called "Kings of Pain" which is about two fellows that collect some of the most painful insects and animals and let them bite or sting them so that the create an expansive 'pain index' (not poisonous creatures though). So far the Bullet Ants and the Tarantula Hawk have ranked fairly high. The Lion Fish, Crown of Thorns, Fire Urchin and the Scorpion Fish have all been at the top.

It is on the History Channel and all of the episodes are on YouTube - Just search for Kings of Pain.

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Jan 11, 2020 00:39:59   #
Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI
 
newtoyou wrote:
The worry is getting the chemicals in your eyes...
Bill

That would be true!

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Jan 16, 2020 00:55:38   #
Pysanka Artist Loc: Rochester, NY
 
sippyjug104 wrote:
This is my preserved Milkweed Beetle (Chrysochus auratus) that I staged for a focus stacking session. The experiment was to see if I could create a gradient pastel background using an Android Tablet placed behind the subject and this is the result as my first attempt.

I started with an Android Tablet that I seldom use anymore and created a gradient pattern using a paint program by smearing colors and blending them and saving the result as a JPEG image.

I staged the Milkweed Beetle and setup the camera with a reversed 28mm enlarger lens and I placed the Android Tablet behind the stage. It was a pain-in-the-butt getting the tablet to stand up and find the right angle and hoping that the screen did not "sleep" in the middle of the 20-minutes of camera shooting.

I found the result to be encouraging and I've learned a bit about the choice of colors and the depth of hue to use the next time.

As always, thanks in advance to all who view and for your comments, suggestions, questions and critique.
This is my preserved Milkweed Beetle (Chrysochus a... (show quote)


Gorgeous colors!

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