Wasp Mouthparts
May 24, 2023 09:55:56 #
This is a focused stacked image of one of my preserved wasps that was staged with a Mitutoyo M Plan 10X APO microscope objective as the optic for the camera. The image shows the mandibles and complexity of the various mouthparts.
May 24, 2023 09:58:24 #
Wow! Well, that satisfies that curiosity! Well done!
May 24, 2023 10:46:27 #
47greyfox wrote:
Wow! Well, that satisfies that curiosity! Well done!
Thanks, 47greyfox. Sometimes I provide answers to questions that no one has ever asked...or ever will.
May 24, 2023 10:48:19 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
This is a focused stacked image of one of my preserved wasps that was staged with a Mitutoyo M Plan 10X APO microscope objective as the optic for the camera. The image shows the mandibles and complexity of the various mouthparts.
WOW
May 24, 2023 10:49:51 #
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May 24, 2023 22:46:16 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
Well done!
Thanks, Mark. I'm still practicing with this optic. I find the most difficult part to be staging the specimen to get the view that I have in mind and with a DOF of 3.5 microns most often times all I see is a blur and when I do get to see a bit of it in focus its "rats!" I have to move it again, and again, and again.
May 25, 2023 05:40:33 #
Excellent work! And now I know they really are the nasty little so-and-sos I always thought they were!
An amazing image!
An amazing image!
May 25, 2023 06:48:08 #
Well lighted and well defined Gary. Outstanding detail as always. Fine work my friend.
>i< Doc
>i< Doc
May 25, 2023 10:32:17 #
magnetoman wrote:
Excellent work! And now I know they really are the nasty little so-and-sos I always thought they were!
An amazing image!
An amazing image!
Thanks, Magnetoman. I appreciate your viewing and feedback.
May 25, 2023 10:33:20 #
docshark wrote:
Well lighted and well defined Gary. Outstanding detail as always. Fine work my friend.
>i< Doc
>i< Doc
Thanks, Doc. Positioning and illuminating are the most difficult and trying part of the process.
May 25, 2023 21:58:10 #
so good! thats what they tear those spider legs off with and make a gooey mess out of a caterpillar
May 25, 2023 23:28:35 #
tinusbum wrote:
so good! thats what they tear those spider legs off with and make a gooey mess out of a caterpillar
Thanks, Tinusbum. I've watched mud dabbers bring back spiders to be entombed with their egg for the larvae to feed on while waiting for the time to emerge.
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