Moth eggs (hatched out caterpillar added)

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:45 pm

Came across some moth eggs on a blade of grass. They look about ready to hatch, the bristles on the caterpillars inside are clear to see as they move around.

Nikon MM-11, Canon 50D. Olympus 10/0.30 PLFLN

Nikon MM-11, Canon 50D. Mitutoyo 10/0.28 M Plan Apo

Nikon MM-11, Canon 50D. Olympus 20/0.40 LMPLFLN

Nikon MM-11, Canon 50D. Olympus 50/0.50 LMPLFLN

ralfwagner · Post by **ralfwagner** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:22 pm

Great, I like the second one best.

pwnell · Post by **pwnell** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:23 pm

These are excellent. Love the lighting.

Litonotus · Post by **Litonotus** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:33 pm

stunning!

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:48 pm

great pictures

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 11:08 pm

Super set. I love the lighting of all and the angle of the second one.

Rogelio

emsiem · Post by **emsiem** » Fri Aug 22, 2014 12:30 am

Very nice and pleasure to look at (second one especially) !

piermicro · Post by **piermicro** » Fri Aug 22, 2014 2:20 am

Very, very nice. I love all photos.

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Fri Aug 22, 2014 6:29 am

Impressive

Saul · Post by **Saul** » Fri Aug 22, 2014 7:53 am

Beautiful light ! What was used for 20x and 50x ?

Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Fri Aug 22, 2014 1:28 pm

Very nice find and well captured.

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Fri Aug 22, 2014 5:08 pm

Thanks for the remarks! I went down just about an hour after posting these to remove the slide holding the eggs fromn the microscope and they were all hatching out and crawling around the stage. Here is what the newly hatched caterpillars look like...

Saul:

Beautiful light ! What was used for 20x and 50x ?

The eggs were illuminated using fiber optic illuminators and the light was directed through a translucent cylinder or "sleeve" made from a cut up yogurt container.

pwnell · Post by **pwnell** » Fri Aug 22, 2014 9:49 pm

Now your next challenge is to raise these worms to adulthood and photograph them too!

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Fri Aug 22, 2014 10:20 pm

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Sat Aug 23, 2014 8:58 am

Fantastic in anyway