Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Small White Butterfly

Pieris rapae(Linnaeus, 1758) - Small White Butterfly, Egg - latero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification

Image 0002: Egg - latero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification

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Magnification  photomicrographphotomicrograph
Photographed Studio photograph
Lighting/focus Styrofoam cup diffuser
Image post-processing Stacked image (250 frames) combined in Zerene Stacker
Faults Leaf lain flat on slide - must have been moving as 250 is far too many frames for its size. Looks as though it rotated slightly too.
Equipment used Canon EOS1000D dSLR and Olympus BX53 microscope.
Microscope Objective x10 UPlanFLN obj
Photographer Malcolm Storey
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High resolution image available Yes
Image Reference P127372
Found as Ovum
Date 24 Aug 2016
OS grid ref SU00
Lat/Lon 50° 50' N, 1° 60' W
Location Dorset, VC9, England
Record summary Single egg, on underside of Nasturtium leaf, just beside a vein
Associated organism on underside live leaf of Tropaeolum majus
Return to Record page Pieris rapae on 24 Aug 2016 at SU00 in Dorset
Return to Taxon page Pieris rapae
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