Moth eggs (hatched out caterpillar added)

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Moth eggs (hatched out caterpillar added)

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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
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Nikon MM-11, Canon 50D. Mitutoyo 10/0.28 M Plan Apo
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Nikon MM-11, Canon 50D. Olympus 20/0.40 LMPLFLN
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Nikon MM-11, Canon 50D. Olympus 50/0.50 LMPLFLN
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Great, I like the second one best.

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These are excellent. Love the lighting.

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stunning!
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great pictures

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

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Very nice and pleasure to look at (second one especially) !
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Very, very nice. I love all photos.

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Impressive

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Post by Saul »

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

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Moth eggs

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Very nice find and well captured.
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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...


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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.

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

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:smt038

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Fantastic in anyway :shock: :shock:

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