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Posted: **Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:43 pm**

Guess what is this?

D70 + Reverse macro 50mm.

Posted: **Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:45 pm**

A dead thingy or maybe even a albino thingy :roll:

But in reality I guess it’s the cocoon of something long gone

Posted: **Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:50 pm**

It looks kinda like a circada shell... Maybe a dragonfly shell???

Posted: **Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:54 pm**

The promo for a new movie from 20th Centry fox called "The invisable Mammoth"

or a cocoon of an insect which I obviously don't know readily.

Steve

Posted: **Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:55 pm**

leek wrote:It looks kinda like a circada shell... Maybe a dragonfly shell???

I believe they were the shell left behind by damseflies. Here's more. There are literally thousands.

Posted: **Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:55 pm**

My vote is - Dragonfly shell - discarded. Nice pic, worth a good look at!

Doh! You got in before me!

Multi stacked pic is very intersesting - well obseved.

Posted: **Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:24 am**

Thanks.

Posted: **Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:14 am**

Mudeyes, I think you'll find they're called.
FYI, Mudeyes are the larval stages of the dragonfly. Think they're found swimming around in rivers/lakes. When they hatch they crawl up reeds and break out of their larval shell.

They make excellent bait for trout fishing

Were you near a river? I bet the fish were going beserk if you were.

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2005 3:57 pm**

Hi

I was at Albert Park Lake.

No dragonfly - only damselfies, ducks, swans and seagulls... oh ... and people of course.

regards,

Arthur

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2005 4:33 pm**

the alians have landed!

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2005 4:52 pm**

Reminds me of "A Bug's Life"

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2005 5:36 pm**

Still most likely called mudeyes.

http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheets/dragonflies.htm

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