Jitte

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Mierenconsulent | Wespenconsulent

Previously:
-WUR, NL (PhD on neurobiology of Nasonia)
-Insect breeding
-Dutch Pest and Wildlife Expertise Centre (KAD)

Business:
Groothuis Onderzoek en Advies
- Entomological research & fieldwork; consultancy on (exotic) ant pests

Jittebug Photography & Creations
- Macro photography of arthropods, including high magnification focus stacks; apparel (T-shirts etc.); 3D printing of biological data (e.g. CLSM, CT, MRI); lectures; woodworking

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JitteJan 29, 2023

Have you seen a cockroach nervous system?

I dissected this out of one that was about to be feed.

JitteJan 25, 2023
Remembering the days when walking 7h during an ice cold night for a freaking videogame seemed like a perfectly normal thing to do... (2014)
#ingress #enlightened #EnlNL #OperationPandora #Amsterdam
Show threadJitteJan 12, 2023

#WaspIDCourse2023, day 2 (again - it was very inspiring!).

As I attend this run of the WaspID Course, I'm tempted to share a different wasp every day. A 🧵
(Without specification, assume all are shot in the Netherlands)

Here's no. 3 and 4 - after handling fly larvae to get a shot of this Aphaereta wasp parasitizing my fingers must have smelled quite appetizing to this confused wasp lady.

#Wasps #hymenoptera #macrophotography #entomology

Show threadJitteJan 12, 2023

#WaspIDCourse2023, day 2 (it was yesterday, I'm a bit late, I know).

As I attend this run of the WaspID Course, I'm tempted to share a different wasp every day. A 🧵
(Without specification, assume all are shot in the Netherlands)

Here's no. 2 - one of my first truly awesome finds in macrophotography, back in 2012. If it wasn't for this photo I wouldn't have contacted Hans Smid, who, a year later, ended up being the co-promotor of my PhD!

#Wasps #hymenoptera #macrophotography #entomology

JitteJan 9, 2023

#WaspIDCourse2023, day 1.

As I attend this run of the WaspID Course, I'm tempted to share a different wasp every day. A 🧵
(Without specification, assume all are shot in the Netherlands)

So without further ado, here's no. 1: a cool pompilid, dragging along a paralyzed spider to a burrow somewhere.

#Wasps #hymenoptera #macrophotography #entomology

JitteJan 3, 2023

This stack had some pretty overexposed highlights! Quick re-edit of the raws I had saved made for a much more enjoyable image 🙂

#FocusStacking #entomology #myrmecology #ants #photography #macrophotography

JitteJan 2, 2023

Stacking *all the things*!

Nahw, just doing some panoramic stacking of *3* individual insects. Even at low mag (roughly 2.5x) I've shot about 90Gb, emptied 2 camera batteries and two sets of flash batteries 

Using Mjkzz QOOL rail, trusty Canon EOS70D body, Laowa 25mm 2.5-5x lens, Yongnuo YN24EX flash, and various accessories.

JitteDec 30, 2022

Just a quick heads up that I've recently started to convert a couple of my shots to vectorized silhouettes. These are uploaded to and freely usable (CC BY 4.0) through @phylopic.

This started as a wish to flesh out the meager ant/insect content of PhyloPic, but I might make it a larger "Open" project to accompany my actual (more restricted) photographic jobs/assignments.

My contributions are at https://beta.phylopic.org/contributors/cddfc708-1c50-440f-b3d4-98d9352eeb4f

PhyloPic: Silhouette Images Contributed by Jitte Groothuis (Jittebug Photography & Creations)

All free silhouette images that have been contributed to PhyloPic by Jitte Groothuis (Jittebug Photography & Creations).

PhyloPic
JitteDec 25, 2022
There's folders over 7 years old on my HDDs with mostly unedited macro shots...
Here's a Trichogramma evanescens wasp on a 1 eurocent coin...