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Perhaps one of the most colorful Osmia, Osmia versicolor, collected by Jelle Devalez on the Aegean Islands of Greece. Yet another snail shell nester. What would these species do if there were no snail shells and no snails to make them? Photography by Maggie Yuan.
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Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200
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" Ode on a Grecian Urn"
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Basic USGSBIML set up:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY
USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4
PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:
ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf
Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques:
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or
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU
Excellent Technical Form on Stacking:
Contact information:
Sam Droege
sdroege@usgs.gov
301 497 5840
According to wiki this is a Cepaea hortensis, thats white lipped snail to you and me. it was sitting on a very gnarly looking tree on a cemetary on the outskirts of bergen. Dont know what kind of tree this is but they are quite scary looking, almost tormented . Will post more pics as i prosess them. This is a 3 exposure Hdr, cropped and flipped, adjusted levels and made the shell just a tad brighter. I really like the way the sky came out completely bland grey like that. *update -yikes! that burned out part between the sky and the wood was not there in photoshop, must investigate. Most likely jpg compression artifacts.
One of the little wild bees who make their homes in snailshells. I have seen one in action. It is quite extraordinary.
Miniature Japanese Tea Garden with polymer clay rake and pot, Echeveria Colorata Painted Lady (red lines), Echeveria Nodulosa Painted Beauty, and Dunce Cap Orostachys iwarenge, Russian Oregano and sedum. Tiny snail shells, a polymer clay rake, lichen, driftwood and tiny pebbles complete the scene. The rake is 1.5 inches tall.
A Gilt-Bronze Figure of Buddha
Kangxi-Yongzheng Period（1662 - 1735）
The Buddha is finely cast seated on a double lotus pedestal with legs crossed and the hands held in the lap in dhyanasana, the gesture of meditation. The robe covers the left shoulder and is edged with incised lotus scroll, and the hooded eyes, lips and "snailshell" hair are highlighted with red, blue and white pigments.
34.3 cm high
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Hermit crabs are crustaceans. Crustaceans are a class of creature with segmented bodies and exoskeletons (external skeletons) that includes lobsters, shrimp and crabs.
Hermit crabs can live either on land or in water. They’re not true crabs, though.
In fact, they’re more like squat lobsters than true crabs. True crabs have abdomens protected by hard shells.
Hermit crabs have soft, exposed abdomens. This leaves them vulnerable to predators.
To protect themselves, hermit crabs search for abandoned shells — usually sea snail shells. When they find one that fits, they tuck themselves inside it for protection and carry it with them wherever they go.
As hermit crabs grow, they often outgrow their borrowed shell. When this happens, they have to “shop” for a new one.
Hermit crabs can be very picky about the shell they choose. They want a shell that they can fit into completely in case they need to hide for protection.
Sometimes hermit crabs that live together help each other find new shells. When a new, large shell becomes available, hermit crabs have been known to form a line by it from largest to smallest.
The largest crab moves into the new shell. The next largest crab moves into the shell just vacated by the last crab and so on.
Hermit crabs sometimes like to “decorate” their shells. To help camouflage themselves and add an extra layer of protection, hermit crabs sometimes carry sea anemones on their shells. Sea anemones are poisonous, so other creatures will usually avoid them and leave the hermit crabs alone.
[from wonderopolis.org]
Bower of the Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis). The white objects are snail shells with some green glass and flip-top lids near the entrance. Photographed at the site of Fenton WWII Camp, Northern Territory.
Happy Mother's Day!
(only a day late)
Mom was born near Zadar, Croatia.
Snails are a delicacy form the area.
Ewwww!!
Santorini, Greece.
2007
The snailshell-shaped loop up the the summit of Mount Kosciuszko, the highest point on the Australian Continent. We reached to summit on John Muir's 180th Birthday.
The snail shell on a chunk of floating wood out in a back pool caught my eye. Liked the light, mood and textures. Didn't notice the bug on the shell until later on the computer since it was so far way.
Took a very quick walk at the park this morning.
I see them rarely, so snails are something of a treat. To y'all in the southern areas, I suppose they're more of a nuisance. Visiting California, prior (I think?) to Disneyland, my daughter found this poor guy. Dead & dried up inside - probably a victim of snail poison, although I wouldn't put it past 'im being baked in the southern californian heat.
For a short while, this was the centerpiece on the table. I though it was funny. Relatives though I was funny.
We were both right.
This beautiful blue bee nests in snail shells. I am not sure if there are other species in the East that nest in snail shells, there could be...we know so very little about most species. Collected in Maryland somewhere (probably western Maryland) and Photographed by Wayne Boo.
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All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish.
Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200
Beauty is truth, truth beauty - that is all
Ye know on earth and all ye need to know
" Ode on a Grecian Urn"
John Keats
You can also follow us on Instagram account USGSBIML Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen:
Art Photo Book: Bees: An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the World
www.qbookshop.com/products/216627/9780760347386/Bees.html...
Basic USGSBIML set up:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY
USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4
PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:
ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf
Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques:
plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo
or
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU
Excellent Technical Form on Stacking:
Contact information:
Sam Droege
sdroege@usgs.gov
301 497 5840
A little part of the other world for those, who love to dream...
Tiny Flower Gnome with his Cottage is one-of-a-kind handmade Waldorf inspired toy intended for all the forever-young fairytale lovers.
Woolen parts are hand-felted combinating wett and needle felting of plant dyed natural woolfell.
Set consists of:
* cottage with a straw roof and felt flower - diameter 3,35" (8,5cm), hight 4" (10cm) /flower-included hight is 5,5" (14cm)/
* Gnome: 1,6" (4cm) tall with two removable hats: Acorn one for everyday use and crochet one for a bed time
If You are missing some magic spell in Your life, or need a tender gift for Your little friend, please, don't tarry anymore :-)
Houston Museum of Natural Science.
This world record shell is an Australian Trumpet and measures 30 inches (72.6 cm) in length.
To make these hair clips, like this Christmas Androsia Fabric Flower Hair Barrette, I cut out a flower pattern in Androsia Fabric Scraps. Androsia is a hand batik fabric that the Bahamians make, and the only factory is located here on Androsia Island. After they sew clothes, they bag up their scraps and set them out for sale so they don't waste anything. I like to buy these scraps and use them for my projects, like these hair clips.
I pick a sea shell or sea glass that I have taken right of the shores here in the Bahamas, and glue it to the center of the flower to give it a nice tropical touch.
Gratitude for the gift of life is the primary wellspring of all religions, the hallmark of the mystic, the source of all true art.
---Joanna Macy
Pyractomena larva using its anal appendage to groom the head. July 2013
joeCicero commented on bugguide.net, "it's a Pyractomena larva cleaning its head and cervix...but the degree of protraction of the head is beyond anything known for the family...it is known that firefly can protract to some degree, so that the head is completely out of the prothorax and the cervix shows as well, but it is not known that the cervix can be so long....this must correlate to the need for larvae to reach the deep interior of the helix of snailshells to get all the food out...find one feeding on a snail or give a snail with a deep helix to this one and watch to see what it can do to reach the core."