Leica MZ16 stereomicroscope w/extended depth of field imaging system.
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Ensign Scale
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Ensign Scale
I have been getting some interesting Scales, Mealybugs and Mites to shoot from one of our surveys at ODA. This one is Orthezia solidaginis, AKA the Ensign Scale. It is a Hemipteran or True Bug and about 3mm across.
Leica MZ16 stereomicroscope w/extended depth of field imaging system.
Stacks processed with ImagePro software.
Leica MZ16 stereomicroscope w/extended depth of field imaging system.
Stacks processed with ImagePro software.
Last edited by svalley on Sat Nov 10, 2007 9:32 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Steve Valley - Albany, Oregon
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Now that's an interesting bug! Is that spikey white stuff wax that the insect has exuded, or is it something else?
BTW, on each of your last three posts, I have had trouble seeing the image. The post comes up showing just the little "broken image" icon. This persists until I do a "Show Properties" on the image, copy out the url, and explicitly load the image in a new browser window. Then I can go back to the post, do a "Show Picture" and the image shows in place just like it's supposed to.
It looks kind of like the web site hosting your images (http://home.comcast.net/~svalley2/) is configured to not allow "hotlinking". But the funny thing is, I only see problems with Internet Explorer (Version 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254). Both Netscape Navigator and Mozilla FireFox display the image correctly with no special action required.
IE has had the same problem on three different computers/networks/organizations, so I'm inclined to think it's not a configuration problem in the browsers.
The easiest fix for this problem may be to just use the photomacrography2 server to host your inlined 800-pixel images. Press that little "Upload picture" button, and follow the (possibly obscure
) instructions after that.
--Rik
BTW, on each of your last three posts, I have had trouble seeing the image. The post comes up showing just the little "broken image" icon. This persists until I do a "Show Properties" on the image, copy out the url, and explicitly load the image in a new browser window. Then I can go back to the post, do a "Show Picture" and the image shows in place just like it's supposed to.
It looks kind of like the web site hosting your images (http://home.comcast.net/~svalley2/) is configured to not allow "hotlinking". But the funny thing is, I only see problems with Internet Explorer (Version 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254). Both Netscape Navigator and Mozilla FireFox display the image correctly with no special action required.
IE has had the same problem on three different computers/networks/organizations, so I'm inclined to think it's not a configuration problem in the browsers.The easiest fix for this problem may be to just use the photomacrography2 server to host your inlined 800-pixel images. Press that little "Upload picture" button, and follow the (possibly obscure
) instructions after that. --Rik
Rik, the white stuff is wax. A lot of the Scales and other small plant sucking Hemipterans produce waxy substances, sometimes as a layer that covers the body and sometimes as long strands that make them look like a fuzzball. I am guessing that it may be for protection from predators.
The pages with images look fine on my computer with IE 6. I will try uploading to the photomacrography2 server. I assume I will have to edit my post with the new image link.
The pages with images look fine on my computer with IE 6. I will try uploading to the photomacrography2 server. I assume I will have to edit my post with the new image link.
"You can't build a time machine without weird optics"
Steve Valley - Albany, Oregon
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Steve, thanks for moving your image to the photomacrography2.net server and editing your post to match. Yep, it works fine now.
I wish I could say that I'm surprised it was working for you but not for me. Unfortunately, that sort of variation seems to be par for the course anytime there's a computer involved. The dang things stopped acting like machines decades ago; now they're more like trained animals participating in some really complicated circus act.
Ah, computers --- but for all their flaws, we're a lot better off with 'em than we were without 'em!
--Rik
I wish I could say that I'm surprised it was working for you but not for me. Unfortunately, that sort of variation seems to be par for the course anytime there's a computer involved. The dang things stopped acting like machines decades ago; now they're more like trained animals participating in some really complicated circus act.
Ah, computers --- but for all their flaws, we're a lot better off with 'em than we were without 'em!
--Rik