New Episode - Moths (muths) that Occur in Restooms

Many have queried, Crumby, which are the essential camera ingredients for high quality restroom macro photography? Well. Those restrooms, especially the public ones, may be poorly lit. Yes they are. Consequently, you need to expose those stygian cracks and crevices where the sun never shines for what they are or what they may contain or hide. So a good flash is important, maybe essential. Crumby prefers an on-board flash that synchronizes with just about any shutter speed. But if you have to get an out-board flash, for heaven’s sake, get a smaller, more discrete one. Second, you may need to zoom in for a closer look. For that, you need a zoom lens. The more magnification, the better. And, your camera needs to close focus down to a Mere Cubit. For the many who don’t know, a Mere Cubit is only about 1/3rd of a regular Cubit. A tilt-flip lcd for focus is also nice.

The sadly outdated C5060 WZ has all the meritorious characteristics. Plus it is fairly little or indiscrete in appearance. That’s why Crumby never goes to the restroom, bathroom or comfort station without his trusty C 5060 WZ. WZ stands for wide zoom. Great for fatter subjects.

OK. Enough of all this average or common bullshit. Let’s now look at an actual picture of a real insect taken in its restroom habitat. This insect is the Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella) of the Pyralidae. The Indian meal moth larvae may be why you keep the rice in the refrigerator instead of the cupboard. It also eats oatmeal, Betty Crocker gingerbread mix, corn meal, grits and all manner of boxed cereal.

Jeez Louise! There you go to the cupboard. You pull out the economy box of Jim Dandy grits, open it up and a bunch of these dern moths fly out. And there’s worms in the grits. You have to pick the worms out of the grits and cook them separately. Because, the dang grits need to be boiled longer than the worms do. Meantime, the moths that flew out of the grits box have all headed down to the bathroom.