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Ontholestes cingulatus - male
Copyright © 2005 Jim McClarin

Ontholestes cingulatus - Male
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
August 6, 2005
Size: 20 - 21 mm
Those sharp, curved mandibles are used relentlessly to pierce their prey repeatedly. One tried to bite me as well, but my fingers were a little too tough.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 14 August, 2005 - 12:15pm
Last updated 13 March, 2008 - 11:33pm

wow
Jim, this has got to be my favorite staph picture. It floors me every time! How did you bring the gold out so strongly..was it the blue background?
… Adam Brunke, 13 March, 2008 - 10:51pm login or register to post comments

 
I think it was the lighting
in my light arena. I now get a different effect by using a flash boost that allows me to shoot at faster speeds. This was just with the four circline florescent tubes for illumination. Also, these guys were directly on the floor of the light arena, hence the intense blue. Now I shoot almost everything in side a clear plastic deli container within the light arena and that destroys the intense blueness.

This one's expanded tarsi suggests male gender. I was unaware of that gender trait when I posted this.
… Jim McClarin, 13 March, 2008 - 11:28pm login or register to post comments

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