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John
Help with ID Please
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Help with ID Please
This "leaf" has shown up from many samples from various locations. Any ideas?
Thanks
John
Thanks
John
Not a leaf but a scale from the wing of a lepidopteran; most likely a moth.
Incidentally, these scales make ideal subjects for testing the resolution of a lens; they have a series of ridges and valleys.
Incidentally, these scales make ideal subjects for testing the resolution of a lens; they have a series of ridges and valleys.
NU.
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives