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fishman10
06-06-12, 06:53 AM
This is probably the closest view of a tick you will ever see. I took these with a Canon MP-E 65mm 1x-5x lens. With this lens you can see the details on a grain of rice.

Tick (http://www.gather.com/viewSlideshow.action?albumId=30252)
marvelfreak
06-06-12, 11:37 AM
Dude you take some of the most insane looking pictures. As always cool as hell.
Coffee Black
06-06-12, 11:49 AM
Yes he does. Of course now I won't sleep tonight.
Jay
06-06-12, 11:50 AM
Damn, no flash Again can Somone repost these.
Gungirl
06-06-12, 11:52 AM
Yes he does. Of course now I won't sleep tonight.

I won't even look at the picture due to the thoughts it will give me... "shivers" :hmm:
Will0W783
06-06-12, 01:14 PM
Oh dear Jesus, why did I click the link? I'm deathly afraid of ticks...if I have a phobia it's got to be them. I looked at the pictures out of curiosity and now I feel like I have bugs crawling on me....gah!
marvelfreak
06-06-12, 01:17 PM
Oh dear Jesus, why did I click the link? I'm deathly afraid of ticks...if I have a phobia it's got to be them. I looked at the pictures out of curiosity and now I feel like I have bugs crawling on me....gah!
Kim what's that on your neck? JK;)
alessia55
06-06-12, 03:00 PM
Kim what's that on your neck? JK;)

LOL Chuck :laugh:

Those photos were awesome!!! That's one heck of an ugly bug :yes:
CK SandBoas
06-06-12, 03:05 PM
Dear lord, that gave me the heebie jeebies!!!:eek:
youngster
06-06-12, 03:06 PM
Yuck, ticks, I hate them, and luckily I live in the woods and find at least one on me EVERYDAY >_>
MoreliAddict
06-06-12, 03:15 PM
Yuck, ticks, I hate them, and luckily I live in the woods and find at least one on me EVERYDAY >_>
Really? Yikes. How about bug spray and longer pants?
Lankyrob
06-06-12, 04:02 PM
I used to do a lot of hiking pre accident and regularly ended up with ticks on me, the big advantage of smoking cigars is being able to burn them off straight away :)
jaleely
06-06-12, 09:34 PM
Ew cigars rob!! blah!

And that is one nasty, engorged, horrible tick *lol*

I have seen ticks, and the most horrible time was when one crawled out of my dog's bed...while laying eggs...and being THAT big and engorged. I still want to throw up when i think of it! BLAH! I actually couldn't figure out what it was at first. We thought it was some huge beetle or something *lol*

Nice camera.
GarterPython
06-06-12, 09:37 PM
Holy Crap they are fat!
Lankyrob
06-07-12, 05:46 AM
Cigars are lovely :)
CK SandBoas
06-07-12, 06:17 AM
Cigars are lovely :)

I would take a cigar over a tick, any day of the week, and i don't smoke, lol.
Will0W783
06-07-12, 07:16 AM
The vile beast is probably full of blood in the pictures....*shudder*
I went hiking in MD with my fiance last summer and when we came out of the woods there were ticks all over my pants and shirt. Before I knew what I was doing, I was sobbing and stripping off my clothes. Luckily I had a bathing suit on underneath, but I think I cried the entire car ride home. I was still finding the rotten creatures in my car a week later.

Really, what purpose do they serve??? I mean, ticks don't pollinate anything like bees do, they don't eat other pests, they don't help plants....all they do is suck blood and spread horrendous diseases like Lyme around. I think they are seriously evil.
GarterPython
06-07-12, 07:25 AM
Same with mosquitos...no purpose in the world other than bothering animals and spreading diseases!
jaleely
06-07-12, 09:07 PM
Mosquitos and ticks are soooo gross and annoying! Agreed! I will never forget the gore of finding that one engorged one. We didn't know what to do to kill it either...we did NOT want to squish it *BLAH* lol