Cryptus tuberculatus Gravenhorst, 1829
a cryptine ichneumon

Cryptus tuberculatusGravenhorst, 1829 - a cryptine ichneumon, Female - ovipositor tip - microscope low magnification - silver background

Image 0001: Female - ovipositor tip - microscope low magnification - silver background

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Magnification  standard photograph or close-upstandard photograph or close-up
Photographed Arranged
Photographed On 2 Apr 2024
Specimen prep Set specimen
Lighting/focus Styrofoam cup diffuser
Background silver background
Image post-processing Stacked image (17 frames) combined in Zerene Stacker
Equipment used Canon EOS700D dSLR and Olympus BX53 microscope.
Microscope Objective x10 UPlanFLN obj
Extension tubes 20mm ext.
Photographer Malcolm Storey
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High resolution image available Yes
Image Reference P155328
Found as Female imago
Date 22 May 2023
OS grid ref SY66
Lat/Lon 50° 30' N, 2° 30' W
Location Dorset, VC9, England
Voucher 22 May 2023[D]
Record summary Female, swept off flowering Alexanders
Associated organism on live inflorescence of Smyrnium olusatrum
Return to Record page Cryptus tuberculatus on 22 May 2023 at SY66 in Dorset
Return to Taxon page Cryptus tuberculatus
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