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Backswimmer close up

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, wat tyler cp, water boatmanBy Neil-UKWildlife February 17, 2015 Leave a comment

Last week I tried my new Pentax 1.4x Teleconvertor mounted on the 100mm macro with some extension tubes to see what the results were like. I tested it on a common greater water boatman or backswimmer (Notonecta glauca). These are the uncropped images, which show good detail at high magnification.

Common Backswimmer Notonecta glauca

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlife January 25, 2013 Leave a comment

Here a few shots of a common backswimmer Notonecta glauca. This individual has flipped over to the right way up at the surface in preparation to fly off. I took them a couple of years ago so they are not my best shots I’ll have to blog more about these amazing insects later on.