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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Fairy Wasps (Mymaridae) » Camptoptera
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Fairy Fly Wings - Camptoptera - female
Copyright © 2008 Stephen Luk

Fairy Fly Wings - Camptoptera - Female
Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
Size: ~ 0.24 mm
Forewings at 400X magnification.

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Fairy Fly - Camptoptera - female Fairy Fly Wings - Camptoptera - female
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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 3 March, 2008 - 12:35pm
Last updated 2 April, 2011 - 4:01pm

Moved
Moved from Mymaridae.
… v belov, 2 April, 2011 - 4:01pm login or register to post comments

I just came across this
and just want to say what nice work this is.
How did you do it?
… Lynn Bergen, 1 July, 2009 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Wet mount + Scope + DC
Hi Lynn,

Thanks for the comment. I recall simply pointing my Canon PowerShot A100 digital camera down a Leica microscope at 400X magnification and taking slices while a friend lightly turned the fine focus adjustment knob. Then, I stacked the images with Helicon Focus. You can see more notes on the full image of the fairy fly. Hope that helps!
… Stephen Luk, 2 July, 2009 - 12:31am login or register to post comments

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