It rained hard yesterday (4+ inches). While out checking that the rain barrels were getting filled, I noticed a number of Pink Evening Primrose (Oenothera speciosa) flowers that looked in pretty bad shape. They were actually the first of these flowers to bloom this year. Even though we had some more rain overnight I found some newly opened flowers in better shape. This image was taken with a Hasselblad X2D camera and 38 mm f/2.5 lens with a 9 mm macro extension tube.
Pink Evening Primrose (Oenothera speciosa) Flower. Image taken with a Hasselblad X2d camera and 38 mm f/2.5 lens with a 9 mm macro extension tube (ISO 3200, f/16, 1/125 sec).
While checking a portable solar generator I found six ticks. All of them on the orange or yellow power cables near the solar generator. This spring I have been finding them almost every day throughout the backyard. I try my best to avoid letting a tick get on me and start sucking my blood. I use 100% DEET spray and treat my outdoor work cloths with Permethrin. I wanted to test if the Permethrin treatment really worked so I placed the ticks on a cloth treated with Permethrin in a covered glass petri dish. The ticks stopped moving within half an hour.
Four of the ticks I captured were Dog Ticks, with the lighter colored shield on their backs. I am assuming the other two ticks with dark backs were Deer Ticks. The macro image of the Dog Tick was taken with a Hasselblad X2d camera and 38 mm f/2.5 lens with a 9 mm macro extension tube. The Deer Tick image was taken with a Nikon D850 camera and Loawa 24 mm f/14 probe macro lens.
Dog Tick. Image taken with a Hasselblad X2d camera and 38 mm f/2.5 lens with a 9 mm macro extension tube (ISO 64, f/32, 1/15 sec).Deer Tick(?). Springtime Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D850 camera and Loawa 24 mm f/14 macro probe lens (ISO 160, f/22, 1/50 sec).
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