A desert hairy scorpion, a white box and 15 minutes (pics)
 

Lately I have been lamenting the lack of critters available to me to photograph at this time of the year. Well I am happy to say that the problem has been resolved—for the time being at least. Last week I took possession of 19 new “pets” including three new species of scorpions, two species of tarantulas, and one centipede. One might jump to the conclusion that I used the dearth of photographic subjects as an excuse to buy some interesting critters (and one would be right).

Last night I finally managed to find a whole 15 minutes to do a shoot, so I quickly set-up my white box and took these pictures of one of my new critters: a lovely adult female desert hairy scorpion (Hadrurus arizonensis). Here are a couple of photos from the series I posted on my blog.

Cheers,
EC
www.macrocritters.wordpress.com

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8338/8...0e34f513_z.jpgdesert hairy scorpion 7 copyright ernie cooper 2012_filtered by ernie.cooper, on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8061/8...bc2bbec8_z.jpgdesert hairy scorpion 6 copyright ernie cooper 2012_filtered by ernie.cooper, on Flickr

don't get stung! cool photos

Very nice photos. I've spent the last hour or so looking through your blog too. I really enjoyed it and have bookmarked it for later :)

LOL! Thanks! Not too much of a problem with this critter...she is very calm and easy to work with. Plus this species has a very mild sting.

I've photographed very dangerous scorpions in the past, and that is much more nerve wracking...

Cheers,
EC
www.macrocritters.wordpress.com

Thanks you!

EC
www.macrocritters.wordpress.com

Can we start making requests??

Sent from a dark corner in my happy place

LOL! Absolutely! I love suggestions and ideas! Whether I can access the animals is another issue...

EC
www.macrocritters.wordpress.comm