sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

This is a focus-stacked image of a very, very tiny flower weevil that I found it eating the pollen of a dandelion. It was so small that I had to stick the insect mounting pin into the tube of stick glue to get it tacky enough that I could get the weevil to stick to the pin when I touched it.

I staged this session using the Nikon 5X Tool Maker Measuring Microscope objective extended on a bellows as the optic for the camera. Two IKEA LED desk lamps diffused through vellum tracing paper were used for the illumination. There were 255-images in the stack taken at a distance of 15-microns between shots and processed in Zerene Stacker to produce this final image.

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tinusbum Loc: east texas

so many spots we couldnt see if it werent for you.good job

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Thanks, Tinusbum. Getting this little weevil staged in front of the camera was the difficult part.

Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI

That is an interesting insect!

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Thanks, Mark. I found it nestled in a dandelion in the yard that I was taking a practice picture of. I didn't see it until I looked through the lens.