Damn hard shot to get

[Ron Evers]

I was sitting on the balcony having a beer & this thing descended in front of me from a hanging flower basket. I put my Canon FD 50mm macro lens on & tried to get a shot of it as it swayed about in the breeze. I took about 10 frames, none of which were very good. It looks like a slug & is about 0.75"/20mm long but I am not aware of a slug spinning a thread. Anyhow here is my best shot.

 

[chaosrealm93]

wow, is that a snail?

 

[gina_d]

Apparently that thread is mucus! Your photo prompted me to poke around on the net to find out. In my search I found this as well: YouTube - ‪Slug Sex‬‏ (Slug sex... who knew?)

 

[Proteus617]

Wow. I have my macro rig, black velvet backdrop in my lightbox, and Bolero on CD. Now I need two slugs and a tiny little bottle of tequila.

 

[R-NAGE Photography]

Gross....but nice shot!

 

[Ron Evers]

Thanks very much for the link Gina - very interesting.

 

[kasperjd4]

Those things are soo hard to take pictures of!! Great capture!

 

[gina_d]

Wow. I have my macro rig, black velvet backdrop in my lightbox, and Bolero on CD. Now I need two slugs and a tiny little bottle of tequila.

Guess it depends on your slugs... I'm thinking a mixtape with a little Marvin Gaye, "Let's Get It On".

 

[RunForestRun]

It seems like it could have used fill flash or a reflector to give a little more detail in the front.

 

[JWellman]

Nice capture, but I hate those little things! I have to use slug bait every year because they destroy my Hostas. :thumbdown:

 

[martin_tapalla]

Ugh, I hate slugs. But that is a nice nice capture. Never knew slugs spun threads... if that was me, I would've flicked it off my balcony. haha.

 

[Ron Evers]

It seems like it could have used fill flash or a reflector to give a little more detail in the front.

True but I would need a ring flash as I was only a few inches away & I do not have one.

 

[Kbarredo]

Why do insects have to make sex so complicated.