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Red harvester ant: Extreme close-up

flickr.com — The red harvester ants are still common in the southwest United States, but over the years their numbers have been declining. Their chief food source usually consists of seeds, which they hoard in great numbers, hence their name. Red harvester ants are often mistaken for fire ants, but are not related to any fire ant species.

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  • Cancerkitty, on 07/08/2008, -5/+72It's funny, when you look at them that close up, they just don't look real. Amazing picture.
    • Dr00pieS, on 07/09/2008, -0/+6I for one welcome our new insect overlords.
    • yahoofrom, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1like a celebrity close up
    • LeeSoong, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1It's so sad that an ant can't go out to lunch without being swarmed by the insect paparazzi ...

      LEAVE RED ANT ALONE!
  • Griny, on 07/08/2008, -8/+11He's lost all his looks :)
  • stephenlewi, on 07/08/2008, -11/+3seems to be sad :(
  • RyUxX, on 07/08/2008, -9/+35Cameraman: Ow he bit me
    Ant: Harvest that!
    • poidh, on 07/08/2008, -1/+6Dude, you should be a comedian.
    • carter1337, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2Ouch Charlie!
    • DrywallThief, on 07/09/2008, -0/+3You forgot your /cheese tag.
    • LeeSoong, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2"Is your queen a thief ? Because she stole the stars from the sky and put them in your beautiful compound eyes."

      - Ant pickup line.
  • Carthagefield, on 07/08/2008, -2/+13Go for the eyes man...it's their only weak spot.
  • gavinhudson, on 07/08/2008, -6/+15Great shot. Such a cool animal!
    • oveedrx, on 07/08/2008, -9/+2* Insect

      /nazi
      • Triskozko, on 07/08/2008, -0/+16And what kingdom would you put insects in, professor? Plantae? Fungi?
    • omar91, on 07/09/2008, -1/+1it's an insect man ....
      • gavinhudson, on 07/19/2008, -0/+1so insect = plant?

        Dude... insects are animals.
  • zippe, on 07/08/2008, -3/+55that's one hell of a macro lens. superb.
    • hartley, on 07/09/2008, -1/+3Agreed.
      My first reaction to the photo was of how much my camera sucks.
    • aaronadms, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2I'd like to know what kind of camera took that....
    • archivist, on 07/09/2008, -0/+12Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT / Canon EOS 350D (wow... i own a 400D and i didn't think it was shot at an entry-level camera)
      Lens: MP-E 65mm
      More Properties: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8463947@N08/212306010 ...
      • fudged71, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1incredible. I gotta find this lens!
      • da_bradler, on 07/09/2008, -0/+3The Camera doesn't make a large difference when you are manually focusing and exposing.

        The MP-E 65mm is a 5x lifesize lens. that means that whatever you point it at will appear 5 times larger then it actually is on the camera sensor. most macro lens are 1x, kinda like if you look a penny and rested it directly on top of the cameras sensor. so at 1x a penny would take up the entire picture. but at 5x a grain of rice or an ant would fill up most of the image.

        Plus you can get even more magnification by putting it on a bellows or using extension tubes. PLUS you can get even MORE MORE magnification by using tele-converters. the closer you get the harder it is to get good image quality though.

        You'll also notice that all bug shots like this have lots of white light reflections, that's because at this magnification things get really dark so you have to blast a flash right in the bugs face to get it exposed properly.

        just google search mP-E 65mm and you'll find lots of super close up macro shots
  • controchka, on 07/08/2008, -4/+9frighteningly beautiful
  • lucy22, on 07/08/2008, -5/+5a little scary looking up close. Good pic, though.
  • Foenetik, on 07/08/2008, -3/+18it seems all insects have a very alien look once you view them close enough.
  • S0ya, on 07/08/2008, -10/+5Looks delicious! Think of it like a big crab...
    • McHoffa, on 07/08/2008, -0/+11or like a really small one...
    • chiefbandit2200, on 07/08/2008, -0/+9go outside and eat some ants if they look that delicious to you
  • mordea, on 07/08/2008, -8/+2***** harvester ants; it's carpenter ants which scare the hell out of me. It's so creepy seeing an inch-long carpenter ant carrying away a dead, equally giant carpenter ant.
  • speel, on 07/08/2008, -9/+1Disgusting
  • LMControl, on 07/08/2008, -8/+2Dude needs some Botox like a mother....
  • audleylibrary, on 07/08/2008, -6/+1http://www.controlfireants.com/fire-ant-fights.htm
  • Robcn643, on 07/08/2008, -6/+3Sort of makes me feel bad for putting all that ant poison on the lawn this morning.... sort of
  • artofficial, on 07/08/2008, -8/+3(sniff...sniff) Is that a comment burial ground I smell?
    • DeadSkinMask, on 07/09/2008, -1/+1No, you must have ***** yourself.
  • muleskinner, on 07/08/2008, -3/+6Wow, I'd like to see what lens set up took such a detailed shot. very nice!
  • mpires, on 07/08/2008, -6/+4It's like Honey I shrunk the kids all over again..
  • DiggyZ, on 07/08/2008, -6/+2What a handsome guy
  • tones1, on 07/08/2008, -7/+2Makes me want to get a lighter and burn it to death.
  • Complexium, on 07/08/2008, -5/+3Canon MP-E 65mm is one hell of a lens! Tried one and let me say - you need skills to handle that bad boy, and a tripod...
  • Petestreet, on 07/08/2008, -5/+10The world is full to overflowing with exquisite beauty.
    • KaiserNickolas, on 07/08/2008, -8/+2And its all the more beautiful to think a god didn't do it.
      • rentmitchum, on 07/09/2008, -2/+1I can see what you mean, even agree, but your hostility towards the religious should be saved for when.. well.. when someone is actually touting creationism or something.. You just sound like you're trying to be a dick.

        Atheism ≠ dickery.
      • Medika, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1I don't really see any dickery in his statement...
  • DiggGeek24, on 07/08/2008, -9/+0LOL I told my 5 year old cousin to stick his hand in a fire ant nest.
  • dmbfan2007, on 07/08/2008, -3/+18Looks like a fingerprint on the head.
  • Braintricks, on 07/08/2008, -9/+10*obligatory ant overlord meme*
  • chispito, on 07/08/2008, -3/+10His other stuff is equally impressive. http://www.flickr.com/photos/8463947@N08/

    I'm not familiar with Flickr (I know, I know) so I can't find any info on his equipment. Can anyone help me?
    • bryceman111, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2http://www.flickr.com/photos/8463947@N08/212306010 ... -- The meta date for that photo. On any flickr photo page, scroll down, on the right side there should be "additional information" with the meta data... click more properties.
    • steveo77z, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2that info won't give you the lens used, only the focal length.
      However the photo is tagged with mpe-65mm. Its a extreme macro lens that needs to be centimeters away from the subject and has two lights attached on the front of the lense.
  • leerayIG88, on 07/08/2008, -9/+3brb..while i fap
  • recruz, on 07/08/2008, -8/+12"I iz in ur plantz om nom nom-ing ur seedz"
    • boomerang42, on 07/09/2008, -1/+5Get the ***** out of here and go back to 4chan.
  • fletchsd, on 07/08/2008, -5/+2Well that's going to give me nightmares tonight. What's next? Bedbugs.
  • burnedtubes, on 07/08/2008, -5/+2Is this the new winner from Tila Tequila's show "Shot of Love" ? At least she is dating above her looks.
  • morninglorii, on 07/08/2008, -7/+4OGC
    • DeadSkinMask, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1Uhhh...whatever floats you boat I guess...
  • Borgcube636, on 07/08/2008, -5/+4OM NOM NOM!
  • Mpwns, on 07/08/2008, -4/+2looks like someone tryed to squish it. kinda reminds me of a finger print on his face. but ill make sure i get them all next time.
  • smoothmann, on 07/08/2008, -12/+41. Take lens off camera
    2. Focus the suns rays onto ant
    3. Fry it
    4. Profit!
  • Jamiekin, on 07/08/2008, -7/+1I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords....
  • Phyrephox, on 07/08/2008, -7/+4Oh, sweet mother of nature. If I was small I would use my superior human intellect and find a way to strap a saddle on that thing. I shall call him, Fluffly Bear.
  • rainydaywoman, on 07/08/2008, -8/+5EXTREME CLOSE-UP WHOAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
  • coolchu001, on 07/08/2008, -3/+1oh woah a rebel XT can shoot that... wonder what lens was used...
  • synchestric, on 07/08/2008, -6/+1"Antie!!!!!"
  • mattlohkamp, on 07/08/2008, -4/+2I love how a few years ago, '1200 x 800' would've been way off the edges of my monitor... now it's no problem even on just one of my monitors.
  • michaels73, on 07/08/2008, -4/+1Can these be done on the BBQ?
  • slinkyhater, on 07/08/2008, -4/+0I need a better camera.
  • NolanRey, on 07/08/2008, -6/+2These comments piss me off.
  • Escamotage, on 07/09/2008, -7/+2This photo > Indy4
  • SLockhart, on 07/09/2008, -3/+13"Red harvester ants are often mistaken for fire ants, but are not related to any fire ant species."

    Of course they're related, they're all ants.
    • oboredone, on 07/09/2008, -1/+3Related or not, I'd still squash it.
  • dksupremacy, on 07/09/2008, -3/+2Don't the grooves on his head look similiar to a thumb print?
    • DeadSkinMask, on 07/09/2008, -1/+1Doesn't your comment look similar to one that has already been posted?
  • wpc33, on 07/09/2008, -4/+2Look at your left thumbprint, then at the ant's face. Surreal.
  • Druid72, on 07/09/2008, -3/+1You can actually see the plant cells on the leaf!
  • FuckingCotter, on 07/09/2008, -5/+1EXTREME RED HARVESTER ANT CLOSEUP! WHOAAAAA!!!
    • Millsee, on 07/10/2008, -0/+1capital letters + sarcasm = diggdownzzzzzzzz
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