Los empídidos (Empididae) son una familia de dípteros braquíceros que cuenta con más de 3.000 especies descritas y posiblemente otras 4.000 más aun sin describir. Son de distribución mundial, pero la mayoría son de la región Holártica.
Hay mucha variación pero en general son de tamaño mediano a chico, de 1 a 15 mm. Son más bien oscuros de colores no metálicos y bastante peludos. Suelen ser delgados, de largas patas, de cuello definido y con una joroba en el tórax. Algunos tienen una larga probóscide. Los machos suelen tener ojos más grandes que las hembras y éstas tienen un abdomen más grueso.
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Empididae is a family of flies with over 3,000 described species occurring worldwide, but the majority are found in the Holarctic. They are mainly predatory flies like most of their relatives in the Empidoidea, and exhibit a wide range of forms but are generally small to medium sized, non-metallic and rather bristly.
Common names for members of this family are dagger flies (referring to the sharp piercing mouthparts of some species) and balloon flies. The term "dance flies" is sometimes used for this family too, but the dance flies proper, formerly included herein, are now considered a separate family Hybotidae.
Some Empididae, such as the European species Hilara maura, have an elaborate courtship ritual in which the male wraps a prey item in silk and presents it to the female to stimulate copulation. Empidid larvae are also largely predatory (although some are scavengers) and occupy a wide range of habitats, both aquatic and terrestrial.
1.5x magnification of this wonderful tiger Beetle i found dead in the peruvian jungle lodge
I´m quite happy, never had the chance to see one so close before....the colors and texture pattern are amazing !!!
Around 58 pictures stacked in Zerene
As with the rest of the pics i had to invest few hours retouching... :-\
Passed the 1x.com FILTER...PUBLISHED !!!
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128 pictures stacked in zerene
3 hours processing time
Around 3x magnification
Usual gear and light
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10x magnification of this wonderful and very tiny salticid
8x magnification of this 98 pictures stack, more than 4 hours cleaning/retouching
Termites are a group of eusocial insects that, until recently, were classified at the taxonomic rank of order Isoptera (see taxonomy below), but are now accepted as the epifamily Termitoidae, of the cockroach order Blattodea. While termites are commonly known, especially in Australia, as "white ants," they are only distantly related to the ants.
Like ants, some bees, and wasps—which are all placed in the separate order Hymenoptera—termites divide labour among castes, produce overlapping generations and take care of young collectively. Termites mostly feed on dead plant material, generally in the form of wood, leaf litter, soil, or animal dung, and about 10 percent of the estimated 4,000 species (about 2,600 taxonomically known) are economically significant as pests that can cause serious structural damage to buildings, crops or plantation forests. Termites are major detritivores, particularly in the subtropical and tropical regions, and their recycling of wood and other plant matter is of considerable ecological importance.
As eusocial insects, termites live in colonies that, at maturity, number from several hundred to several million individuals. Colonies use decentralised, self-organised systems of activity guided by swarm intelligence which exploit food sources and environments unavailable to any single insect acting alone. A typical colony contains nymphs (semi-mature young), workers, soldiers, and reproductive individuals of both genders, sometimes containing several egg-laying queens.
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138 pictures stacked in Zerene
Almost 7x
Usual light gear & diffuser setup
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Pentatomidae eggs
"Only" 105 Pictures Stack
Pmax and Zerene Stacker Software used
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146 pictures stacked in Zerene stacker (PMax), almost 2 hours Photoshop retouching....!
Around 7x
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Paraponera clavata or bullet ant
128 pictures stack of this wonderful south african bug that appears to wear the "Anonymous insect mask" !!!
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Típula, 6x de ampliacion, 60 tomas y mucho photoshop (cómo me gusta pintar!...uf!) :-(
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68 pictures stacked in Zerene
about 1 hour retouching
Really like how this and the over captures resulted after stacking/processing...
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Different captures of a Robberfly´s eye and proboscis...
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