Green lacewing (Chrysoperla carnea)

[fdupre]

Hello,

I share with you a green lacewing (Chrysoperla carnea) taken under the microscope
4x lens :

Image stacked from 83 images in Helicon Focus with method C and 1 smoothing.

chrysope_verte4xMH.jpg (143.38 KiB) Viewed 1196 times

10x lens :

Image stacked from 64 images in Helicon Focus with method C and 1 smoothing.

chrysope_verte10xMH.jpg (164.29 KiB) Viewed 1196 times

10x lens :

Image stacked from 80 images in Helicon Focus with method C and 1 smoothing.

chrysope_verte_face10xMH.jpg (111.78 KiB) Viewed 1196 times

Sincerely,
Frank

[Sure Squintsalot]

I like that you put a scale bar on ALL your photos!

Nice shots too, entre parentheses!

[Chas]

Very nice, especially the photo of the face.
-How are you holding it?

[DrPhoxinus]

One of my favorite insects

Thanks

[fdupre]

Hello and thank a lot all you for your feedback

Very nice, especially the photo of the face.
-How are you holding it?

When the insect is very small, I put a small drop of cyanoacrylate glue (super fast-setting glue) on a microscope slide and I glue the insect in a vertical position. For the Green Lacewing, I cut the insect in half before gluing it :

colle_pour_insecte.jpg (60.99 KiB) Viewed 1097 times

The result with the 10x objective :

araigne_tete10xMH.jpg (215.94 KiB) Viewed 1087 times

Otherwise, if the insect is at least 4 or 5 mm in size, I make myself a small circle of cardboard that I close with a piece of sticky tape and I put the insect in it vertically :

rond_carton.jpg (77.51 KiB) Viewed 1116 times

The result with the 4x objective :

araignee_tete_cartonx4MH.jpg (223.35 KiB) Viewed 1087 times

Sincerely,
Frank

[Chas]

Thanks Frank, ... a little pot..I like that idea :-
-My attempts with cyanoacylate have often ended up with the stuff in the wrong place