Microcosm + RePost

With an expected high of 50 degrees today, I went out into the fog to see what I could find.  One our cherry trees has not fared well with attacks from hungry deer and a mid-summer drought.  Part of this tree died back and lichens and fungi took over.  I thought that the black spots were sporangia until they started to move.  Lots of mites and I continued to shoot hoping that most of them would stay put.  The mites are most likely the winter grain mite ( Penthaleus major) which is active on warm winter days. This is a result of a 15 image PMax stack.  Please examine the large version. I had to edit some of the OOF black spots from moving mites. K5 IIs 180mm f3.5 (1/40 sec at f10, ISO 160)...............................Jim