Trichogamma evanescens (wasp) hatching from a moth egg (Sitototroga cerealella)
The wasp Trichogramma evanescense lays its eggs into the EGGS of moths (here: Sitototroga cerealella). The comlete developement from the egg to the adult takes place inside this egg. Since moth eggs are quite small (ca. 0.4 mm in this case), adult trichogramma wasps belong to the smallest insects in the world (max. 0.5 mm). With only 10000 neurons, it has the smallest brain of any insect, yet this is enough to survive.
Mitutoyo 50x NA 0.55 tube lens ITL200 (Nikon)
Illumination: Coaxial and oblique
Tags: Trichogamma parasitoid wasp exreme macro macro butterfly egg moth egg Sitototroga cerealella
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Trichogamma evanescens (wasp), hatched from a moth egg (Sitototroga cerealella)
The wasp Trichogramma evanescense lays its eggs into the EGGS of moths (here: Sitototroga cerealella). The comlete developement from the egg to the adult takes place inside this egg. Since moth eggs are quite small (ca. 0.4 mm in this case), adult trichogramma wasps belong to the smallest insects in the world (max. 0.5 mm). With only 10000 neurons, it has the smallest brain of any insect, yet this is enough to survive.
Mitutoyo 50x NA 0.55 tube lens 125mm (Raynox)
Illumination: Coaxial and oblique
Tags: Trichogamma parasitoid wasp exreme macro macro butterfly egg moth egg Sitototroga cerealella
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Trichogamma evanescens (wasp) have - if at all - extremely thin wings. Thus in coaxial light they show up a wonderful blue due to thin film interference. The wings have (almost) homogenously a thickness of about 0.2 Microns - which is less than half of the the wavelength of blue light. (In fact, the thinnest insect wings I ever measured).
Reflection spectrum is shown here
The wasp Trichogramma evanescense lays its eggs into the EGGS of moths (here: Sitototroga cerealella). The complete developement from the egg to the adult takes place inside this egg. Since moth eggs are quite small (ca. 0.4 mm in this case), adult trichogramma wasps belong to the smallest insects in the world (max. 0.5 mm). With only 10000 neurons, it has the smallest brain of any insect, yet this is enough to survive.
Mitutoyo 50x NA 0.55 tube lens TTL-165A (Thorlabs, 165 mm)
Illumination: Coaxial and oblique
Tags: Trichogamma parasitoid wasp exreme macro macro butterfly egg moth egg Sitototroga cerealella
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Trichogamma evanescens (wasp) Portrait
The wasp Trichogramma evanescense lays its eggs into the EGGS of moths (here: Sitototroga cerealella). The complete developement from the egg to the adult takes place inside this egg. Since moth eggs are quite small (ca. 0.4 mm in this case), adult trichogramma wasps belong to the smallest insects in the world (max. 0.5 mm). With only 10000 neurons, it has the smallest brain of any insect, yet this is enough to survive.
Mitutoyo 50x NA 0.55 tube lens ITL200 (Nikon)
Illumination: Coaxial and oblique
Tags: Trichogamma parasitoid wasp exreme macro macro butterfly egg moth egg Sitototroga cerealella
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Trichogamma evanescens (wasp) - Eye detail
Magnification 100:1
The wasp Trichogramma evanescense lays its eggs into the EGGS of moths (here: Sitototroga cerealella). The complete developement from the egg to the adult takes place inside this egg. Since moth eggs are quite small (ca. 0.4 mm in this case), adult trichogramma wasps belong to the smallest insects in the world (max. 0.5 mm). With only 10000 neurons, it has the smallest brain of any insect, yet this is enough to survive.
Mitutoyo 100x NA 0.7 tube lens ITL200 (Nikon)
Illumination: Coaxial
Tags: Trichogamma parasitoid wasp exreme macro macro butterfly egg moth egg Sitototroga cerealella
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