Luke Whitaker's moth collection, U, wing, Virginia, Chincoteague
Detailed Description
Mystery Moth from Chincoteague Island, Virginia on playground equipment found as cocoons by they very young naturalist Luke Whitaker while playing. This most is about 6mm long. Could use help in determining the species. Check out the other two pictures in this series which a full cocoon and pupal case shots. How often have we simply brushed these away how nice to have a child force us to slow down and look.... Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200. USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.