Lacewing
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Lacewing
Hi all,
Here's a stacked image of a Lacewing I found in my kitchen this morning.
Not sure exactly which kind it is, but probably a Green Lacewing, Chrysopidae Chrysoperla carnea, in winter colour.
The field of view is about 2.5 mm wide.
Seems to have some sort of deformity in the base of the left antenna, unless that's the way they are meant to be.
D200 with Schneider Componon HM 40mm F2.8 Enlarger lens
2 seconds @ F5.6
69 frames with 0.04 mm adjustment stacked in Helicon focus.
Bellows and extension tubes.
Finished in Photoshop CS2.
Here's a stacked image of a Lacewing I found in my kitchen this morning.
Not sure exactly which kind it is, but probably a Green Lacewing, Chrysopidae Chrysoperla carnea, in winter colour.
The field of view is about 2.5 mm wide.
Seems to have some sort of deformity in the base of the left antenna, unless that's the way they are meant to be.
D200 with Schneider Componon HM 40mm F2.8 Enlarger lens
2 seconds @ F5.6
69 frames with 0.04 mm adjustment stacked in Helicon focus.
Bellows and extension tubes.
Finished in Photoshop CS2.
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Hi,
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If you send me your email address by private message I'll email you a copy. Let me know you screen resolution so that I can size it correctly.beetleman wrote:Super stack George. Beautiful subject also. Any way you can link to a full size pic....I must have this a a desktop wallpaper..." PRETTY PLEASE"
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Hi Irwin,
The main reason I use this particular lens is that it produces very good optical results at these magnificatons. I have other lenses which I use in different circumstances.
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I don't really think too much about it.cactuspic wrote:Wonderful stack. How dow you like using your enlargfer lens?
Irwin

The main reason I use this particular lens is that it produces very good optical results at these magnificatons. I have other lenses which I use in different circumstances.
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Re: Lacewing
Hmmm, I don't recall hearing that green lacewings ever have a brown phase.georgedingwall wrote:Hi all,
Here's a stacked image of a Lacewing I found in my kitchen this morning.
Not sure exactly which kind it is, but probably a Green Lacewing, Chrysopidae Chrysoperla carnea, in winter colour.

There are, however, brown lacewings (Hemerobiidae), see for example Micromus posticus at Bugguide.
Do you recall what the wings of this beast looked like? Usually brown lacewings have much darker wings, very different from the clear membranes of green lacewings.
I think the "deformity" is just an illusion caused by angle of view. The antennae have sort of a thick pedestal as their first segment. On the bug's left side, we seeing the pedestal from the side, with the rest of the antenna cocked down and sideways. On the bug's right side, we're seeing the pedestal more from its end, with the rest of the antenna cocked up and back. I agree that the antennae look weird from this angle, but I think everything's fine with the bug.Seems to have some sort of deformity in the base of the left antenna, unless that's the way they are meant to be.
This is a very nice stack, BTW!
--Rik
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Re: Lacewing
Hi Rik,
The wings were totally clear. I also posted an image of part of one of the wings around the same time as the full insect.
I concede I might be wrong about the ID, but of several examples listed in my books, the descriptions given make it more likely that it is a Green Lacewing rather than a Brown one.
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I'm pretty sure it is a Green Lacewing in winter condition. My insect books are pretty clear about the loss of pigment prior to hibernation in winter.="rjlittlefield
There are, however, brown lacewings (Hemerobiidae), see for example Micromus posticus at Bugguide.
Do you recall what the wings of this beast looked like? Usually brown lacewings have much darker wings, very different from the clear membranes of green lacewings.
This is a very nice stack, BTW!
--Rik
The wings were totally clear. I also posted an image of part of one of the wings around the same time as the full insect.
I concede I might be wrong about the ID, but of several examples listed in my books, the descriptions given make it more likely that it is a Green Lacewing rather than a Brown one.
Bye for now.
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