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    Prehistoric Insect...


    Almost as old as me...

    by Mark Johnson, on Flickr
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/133688957@N08/
    Mark Johnson Retired.

  • #2
    Lousy shot, Mark (It had to be said! )

    Ian

    PS - a super macro!
    PPS I'm pretty sure these aren't insects, though!
    Founder and editor of:
    Olympus UK E-System User Group (https://www.e-group.uk.net)

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    • MJ224
      MJ224 commented
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      Yes, they may be dinosaurs....:-)
      Last edited by MJ224; 8 October 2021, 09:10 AM.

  • #3
    I remember working at a Saltpan at the northeast corner of Arran years ago. There were interesting marks on a slab of rock.
    Several months previously they had been identified as the footprint of a woodlouse from the Carboniferous era.
    We hope that you will visit Arran and come and visit the Heritage Museum, in particular the Geology Section. Better still, you may be inspired to go and visit some of the superb geological outcrops and localities on Arran. If you are unable to come to Arran we hope you will enjoy going on a

    see scary monsters
    Duncan

    Lots of toys.

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    • #4
      Oniscus asellus Common Woodlouse.

      A crustacean, not an insect.

      Harold
      The body is willing but the mind is weak.

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      • #5
        Wonderful detail Mark.

        Dave
        Dave

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        • #6
          Nice shot Mark
          That looks like quite a large (British land based) Isopod
          Last edited by alfbranch; 9 October 2021, 10:28 PM.
          OMD E-M1ii MMF3 8-25 f4 Pro 40-150 f2.8 pro MC-14 12-40 pro 14-42 EZ 9-18 f4.0 -5.6 40 -150f4-f5.6 R Laowa 50mm f2.8 macro Sigma 105 f2.8 macro Holga 60mm plastic Holga pinhole lens lens and an OM2sp

          I nice view does not mean a good photograph. My FLickr

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