Butterfly wing scales - Scanning Electron Microscope Images

Ecki · Post by **Ecki** » Tue May 27, 2014 10:45 pm

These are black scales of a butterfly wing. I will try to prepare the iridescent blue and green scales as well. Butterflies produce color through pigments and through scale structure. Genetically the scales are flattened hair made of chitin.

There are no better overview images yet as the scales are moving when hit by the beam

Best regards
Eckhard

Litonotus · Post by **Litonotus** » Tue May 27, 2014 10:49 pm

great! it is incredible that there is so much detail...

JH · Post by JH » Tue May 27, 2014 11:18 pm

Thanks for posting! I look forward to see pictures of the coloured scales.
Regards Jörgen

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Wed May 28, 2014 12:11 am

what about magnification?

Ecki · Post by **Ecki** » Wed May 28, 2014 12:22 am

38.000x on the screen.

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Wed May 28, 2014 1:14 am

wonderful, amazing, like a large magnification

Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Wed May 28, 2014 10:25 am

Zowie!

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Wed May 28, 2014 11:25 am

Ecki wrote:38.000x on the screen.

Thanks

pwnell · Post by **pwnell** » Wed May 28, 2014 12:50 pm

Incredible. I tried that with my light microscope once and the most I could resolve was the "pores" in the scale.

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Wed May 28, 2014 7:40 pm

Stunning! Thanks for sharing!!

vasselle · Post by **vasselle** » Thu May 29, 2014 8:39 am

Superbe photos

Ecki · Post by **Ecki** » Thu May 29, 2014 11:34 am

Thanks for the nice comments.

Butterfly wing scales - Scanning Electron Microscope Images

Butterfly wing scales - Scanning Electron Microscope Images

Wing scales