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Nerdus maximus - male
Copyright © 2009 Mark Fox

Nerdus maximus - Male
Uptown, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
April 8, 2009
Size: 178cm
I want to check both "adult" and "immature" but I think it would break the database. In this image you may notice that the right hand is red and swollen, from a self-inflicted buckmoth sting. I am looking at the caterpillar's barbs under the microscope, and hope to post some good images of them as soon as I get around to it.

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Contributed by Mark Fox on 28 April, 2009 - 5:38pm
Last updated 3 May, 2009 - 4:54pm

Mark -- I like your Ortholux
Mark -- I like your Ortholux microscope; excellent!

Eric
… Eric Fisher, 29 April, 2009 - 8:55am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
It's one of my most prized possessions, along with my Wild M5 stereo microscope.
… Mark Fox, 29 April, 2009 - 11:29am login or register to post comments

You are a glutton for punishment ;0)
I can't say that I'm going to do any self-inflicted stings. That really takes a certain level of devotion. Nice to meet ya, though, swollen hand and all.
… Lynette Elliott, 28 April, 2009 - 5:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Devotion
Well, I won't dispute that I am devoted (nerdy, obsessed) enough to deliberately sting myself just to see what happens, because it is absolutely true. I only have two mitigating statements in my defense:

1) I would happily sting other people if they'd let me
2) In this case, my devotion was to my dog, who was suffering from some unknown cause.
… Mark Fox, 28 April, 2009 - 6:03pm login or register to post comments

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