[tn-moths] Re: Live moth microscopy
- From: Douglas Downs <douglas_downs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 18:34:23 -0600
Doug,
Wanted to add my voice to that of others. Your photos are way cool! Love the
different perspective.
Doug Downs
Sparta, White County, TN
From: Doug Bruce <s137@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: TN Moths <tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sat, February 6, 2010 4:03:42 PM
Subject: [tn-moths] Live moth microscopy
The only moths appearing at my porch light recently
have been Toothed Phigalias. (Note to Jean: not FOY.)
The variability of their markings is interesting,
so I have been photographing every individual to compare them. These
moths are very lethargic, probably because of the temperature, so it's
been feasible to move them indoors briefly for
photography.
This morning I had just finished shooting the
latest arrival when my eye fell on the microscope on the other side of the
table. Hmm. Surely this moth's docility wouldn't extend to allowing
photomicroscopy?
I don't have an adaptor for mating the
camera to the microscope, but I found that the camera could be
reasonably stabilized on top of a custom-built stack of books in front
of the eyepiece. Amazingly, a single nudge with a jeweler's
screwdriver encouraged the moth to climb onto the middle of a microscope
slide, where it immediately resumed its
complete motionlessness.
Low magnification (40x plus some random amount of
camera optical zoom):
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/ae204/DougLepidoptera/2010%20Moths/06659AndersonCo06Feb2010Micro1.jpg
Higher magnification (100x plus some random
amount of camera optical zoom):
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/ae204/DougLepidoptera/2010%20Moths/06659AndersonCo06Feb2010Micro2.jpg
I returned this individual outdoors to a sheltered mound of dry leaves,
hopefully unharmed by the temperature changes.
Doug Bruce
Oak Ridge, TN
Anderson Co.
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