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Red lacewing butterfly egg
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Red lacewing butterfly egg
Cethosia biblis
On this butterfly egg, the lacy pattern marks the micropyle, where sperm enters. A similar design appears on the scaly wings that gave the red lacewing butterfly its name.
Exquisite Castaways
Engineered for survival, insect eggs hang on and hatch wherever their parents deposit them.
The eggs in this story range in diameter from 0.7 to 2 millimeters. The images were made with a scanning electron microscope, which uses beams of electrons to trace the surfaces of objects. The resulting black-and-white images were then colored to reflect the eggs’ natural appearance
Photographic coverage produced in cooperation with Prüftechnik Uri and School of Applied Sciences, FHNW — z: Susana Carrasco
Cethosia biblis
On this butterfly egg, the lacy pattern marks the micropyle, where sperm enters. A similar design appears on the scaly wings that gave the red lacewing butterfly its name.
Exquisite Castaways
Engineered for survival, insect eggs hang on and hatch wherever their parents deposit them.
The eggs in this story range in diameter from 0.7 to 2 millimeters. The images were made with a scanning electron microscope, which uses beams of electrons to trace the surfaces of objects. The resulting black-and-white images were then colored to reflect the eggs’ natural appearance
Photographic coverage produced in cooperation with Prüftechnik Uri and School of Applied Sciences, FHNW — z: Susana Carrasco
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