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Fairy Fly, Rheinberg Illumination

Fairy flies (Alaptus magnanimous) are minute parasitic wasps which lay their eggs in those of other insects. Early in the last century Fred Enock, an expert on this wasp family, produced some remarkable balsam mounts of them, which is shown here. Rheinberg Illumination with a Zeiss Tessovar. Stack of 5. Horizontal Field Width = 5mm.

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Fairy Fly, Rheinberg Illumination

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Fairy flies (Alaptus magnanimous) are minute parasitic wasps which lay their eggs in those of other insects. Early in the last century Fred Enock, an expert on this wasp family, produced some remarkable balsam mounts of them, which is shown here. Rheinberg Illumination with a Zeiss Tessovar. Stack of 5. Horizontal Field Width = 5mm

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Album / Science Source / M. I. Walker

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5000 x 3333 px | 47.7 MB

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42.3 x 28.2 cm | 16.7 x 11.1 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

ALAPTUS • ANIMAL • BALSAM • BUG (INSECT) • CHALCID • FAIRIES • FAIRY • FAIRYFLIES • FLIES • FOTOGRAFIA • HISTOLOGY • ILLUMINATION • INSECT • INSECT: WASP • INSECTA • LIGHT • LM • MACRO • MAGNANIMOUS • MICROGRAPH • MICROSCOPE • MICROSCOPY • MINUTE • MOMENT IN TIME • MOUNTS • MYMARIDAE • NO ONE • NO-ONE • NOBODY • OPTICAL • PARASITE • PARASITIC • PHOTO • PHOTOGRAPH • PHOTOGRAPHIE • PHOTOGRAPHY • PHOTOMICROGRAPHY • RHEINBERG • SCIENCE: MICROSCOPE • STAINING • TINY • WASP • WASP, INSECT • WASPS • YELLOW JACKET (INSECT)