Carpet Beetle on a 5p Coin

[Gav.]

Hi all

A Carpet Beetle running around a 5p coin, I used the coin for scale, these are hand held at 5x mag on FF using Laowa 1-5x lens (at f16). No crop.

Thank you for looking.


Carpet Beetle by Gavin Wickham, on Flickr


Carpet Beetle by Gavin Wickham, on Flickr

 

[Lost_Manc]

Cool shots Gav

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[Gav.]

Cool shots Gav

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Thank you was a high fail rate on frames though

 

[swiftowl51]

Brilliant shots. That is one of my to-do list things now

 

[Gav.]

Brilliant shots. That is one of my to-do list things now

Thank you, macro can get addictive

 

[Lost_Manc]

Thank you was a high fail rate on frames though

I'd say worth the effort though.

I tried a bit of macro but just the cheapskate extension tube way and found it too frustrating. Can imagine it's not quite as frustrating with an actual macro lens.

 

[G.K.Jnr.]

Two very nice macro/close up captures Gav, with some fine detail.

 

[Cobra]

Lovely close up Gav.
Now, speaking as a pestie, I hope you "evicted" it,
I doubt you have little idea how much damage they can do..

 

[Norkie]

Excellent pair

 

[Gav.]

Two very nice macro/close up captures Gav, with some fine detail.

Thanks George

Lovely close up Gav.
Now, speaking as a pestie, I hope you "evicted" it,
I doubt you have little idea how much damage they can do..

Cheers Chris
I set it free I know they aren't great for wool and fur.. not sure on any other risks?

Excellent pair

Cheers Jak

 

[Cobra]

I set it free I know they aren't great for wool and fur.. not sure on any other risks?

Anything animal protein, leather is another.
They get under carpets, lay their eggs, and the lava eat the carpet from underneath.
Keep a close eye on any carpets that contain wool, even less than 50%, you will ( hopefully not) start to notice thread bare
patches, in corners, edges and behind furniture.

The minute you do, if you do, get the carpets sprayed with a residue insecticide, as a barrier around all edges, including stair treads and bedrooms.
You may have seen that downstairs, but its easy to transfer the eggs upstairs, they easily stick to bare feet.

Not trying to scare you, but I've seen this happen time and again.

 

[woof woof]

What a strange creature but its pattern and colouring do look like a carpet.

Good find and capture Gav

 

[Gav.]

Anything animal protein, leather is another.
They get under carpets, lay their eggs, and the lava eat the carpet from underneath.
Keep a close eye on any carpets that contain wool, even less than 50%, you will ( hopefully not) start to notice thread bare
patches, in corners, edges and behind furniture.

The minute you do, if you do, get the carpets sprayed with a residue insecticide, as a barrier around all edges, including stair treads and bedrooms.
You may have seen that downstairs, but its easy to transfer the eggs upstairs, they easily stick to bare feet.

Not trying to scare you, but I've seen this happen time and again.

Cheers Chris, I think everything in here is synthetic, I'll keep an eye on things just to be sure, I've seen them on the flowers in the garden before now? Thanks for the info

What a strange creature but its pattern and colouring do look like a carpet.

Good find and capture Gav

Thanks Alan

 

[Cobra]

I've seen them on the flowers in the garden before now?

As long as they stay out there, then not a problem.
They hang around outside to eat ( mostly pollen) and mate, but come inside to lay their eggs.

 

[Gav.]

As long as they stay out there, then not a problem.
They hang around outside to eat ( mostly pollen) and mate, but come inside to lay their eggs.

Cheers Chris, hopefully the wren and bluetits will keep thier numbers down

 

[Adrian Jones]

Nicely detailed shots, don't find them inside much but extremely common in the garden here.

 

[Gav.]

Nicely detailed shots, don't find them inside much but extremely common in the garden here.

Thank you, we have a 'few' house plants and bonsai trees, I think they may invite them in

 

[alfbranch]

Nice work Gav

 

[alfbranch]

Thank you, macro can get addictive

Yeah

I'd say worth the effort though.

I tried a bit of macro but just the cheapskate extension tube way and found it too frustrating. Can imagine it's not quite as frustrating with an actual macro lens.

It is as frustrating with a macro lens at least until you get the hang of it. The specialist lens Gav is using is another level of frustration though.

 

[Gav.]

Nice work Gav

Cheers Alf

 

[Gav.]

The specialist lens Gav is using is another level of frustration though.

More swearing than images captured ...

 

[Lost_Manc]

It is as frustrating with a macro lens at least until you get the hang of it. The specialist lens Gav is using is another level of frustration though.

Interesting. I had, naively I suppose, assumed the 'proper' lens made it 'easier' but its not something I've ever really explored beyond picking up the extension tubes and messing about out of boredom and need to try and find something to do.

 

[alfbranch]

Interesting. I had, naively I suppose, assumed the 'proper' lens made it 'easier' but its not something I've ever really explored beyond picking up the extension tubes and messing about out of boredom and need to try and find something to do.

Macro is not easy especially when you get past 1:1. Handheld with live subjects at much more more than 1:1 moving subjects and minimal depth of field is where practice matters a lot.