Tripod Canon 1DX Canon 180mm macro ISO 800-1.33 1/100 sec f16
The point of main interest here is that the larva is shedding it's outer skin, a process that may occur 7 times prior to emergence as an adult dragonfly. If you look at the tail end you will see where the old outer shell is being shed.
This shot posed something of a dilemma. This is conventional incident light the larva is in a small holding tank that I use for dark ground. The water is "clean" but clearly it isn't if you get my drift. I made a very loose mask and feathered it and cleaned up the peripheral background. (I was having trouble tethering my flashes so that is why this is not dark ground illumination).
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