Butterflies and Moths

Most butterflies are firm favorites with all of us, although the Cabbage White does not endear itself to gardeners and allotment enthusiasts

Cabbage White Butterfly Eggs

Projectina microscope
Objective: x10 macro
Ocular: Watson x8 Compensating
Surface illumination
Camera: Canon S50, F4.9, 1/10 sec, ISO200

Composite image, manually edited

Specimen found on a nasturtium leaf in the garden

 

 

Newly Hatched Cabbage White Caterpillars

Wild M8 microscope, Canon S50 camera.

Chrysalis of Cabbage White Butterfly

Wild M8 microscope with Aiptek Pocket Cam 3 Mega

 

 

Wing of Cabbage White Butterfly

Wild M8 Microscope
Surface illumination
Camera: Canon Powershot S50
ISO200, F4.9, 1/5 sec

 

Wing of Papilio machon butterfly showing scales

 Wing of Papilio machon butterfly

Watson Bactil Microscope

Instamatic 33 Camera

 

Moth wing showing scales

 Moth wing

Watson Bactil Microscope

Instamatic 33 Camera

 

Caterpillar of the Mullein moth

Canon Powershot S50 with add-on scrap-box lens, handheld

 

Comma

Warblington, Hampshire, 16 Oct 2005

 

Red Admiral

Warblington, Hampshire, 16 Oct 2005

 

Common Blue

Kingley Vale, West Sussex, 22 Aug2005

 

Meadow Brown

Warnham Nature Reserve, July 2004

 

Speckled Wood

Warnham Nature Reserve, August 2004

 

Great Oak Beauty

Landed on my (white) bench, August 2006. ~6 cm across.

 

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