Spiders No.14 - Pholcus phalangioides Eggs.

Images made through a microscope. All subject types.

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Walter Piorkowski
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Spiders No.14 - Pholcus phalangioides Eggs.

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Leitz Ortholux microscope
4X Leitz projection eyepiece plus 1/3x relay lens

Image No. 1
178 images at 2.5 micron increments
Olympus 10x S Plan achromat objective
Leitz dry darkfield condenser D 0.80

Image No. 2
26 images at .001 inch increments
Leitz 4 X Plan Fluorite achromat objective
Leitz dry darkfield condenser D 0.80

Canon 50D
Zerene and Photoshop processing.
Live subjects

Eggs released in the struggle with the mother in Spiders No. 13 allowed more detailed darkfield examination. The black hairs in image number 1 are from the legs of the mother. the lower left specimen in Image number 2 was damaged and no longer viable.

Walt

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