Re: PESO: My babies have arrived! (With Images)

2020-07-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola 
I could try focusing.  
I was really in a hurry to get them over their transportation shock and ito
their new home as soon as possible.

Dan Matyola
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*



On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 12:55 PM Alan C  wrote:

> Interesting stuff. Good luck. You could try focus stacking.
>
> Alan C
>
> On 04-Jul-20 05:55 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
> > *SORRY -- MY COMPUTER DECIDED TO SEND THE EMAIL BEFORE I HAD FINISHED
> > TYPING.  HERE IS THE ENTIRE MESSAGE.*
> >
> > Tuesday I received a shipment of Monarch caterpillars from Rose Franklin,
> > the Milweek Lady, in PA.  This is the first batch of the season.  I have
> > also ordered some from Monarch Watch, but those have been delayed.
> >
> > They arrive by mail, on a small milkweed plant about 6 inches tall.  They
> > are tiny, less than 1/4 the size of a grain of rice, and at first I had
> > difficulty finding any, as they usually hide on the underside of the
> > leaves.  I opened the shipping container over a plastic circular tray
> that
> > I place under potted plants.  That was fortunate, as one fell out, and I
> > noticed him only because the tray was white.
> >
> > I placed one of the potted tropical milkweed plants from my deck into my
> > medium size butterfly cage (the small one now hold a praying mantis egg
> > case), and gently rested the smaller plant with the caterpillars at the
> > base of the larger milkweed, so they could move onto that as the one they
> > were shipped with gets eaten up or drys out.  Lastly, I managed to get
> the
> > straggler that had fallen offhttp://
> > dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/7/4/new-catsonto the
> > tray by scooping it up with a small milkweed leaf and placing the leaf at
> > the base of the larger plant.
> >
> > It is pretty hot and humid, but I hope they will all develop into pupae
> and
> > then butterflies over the next few weeks.
> >
> > It is tricky to photograph the little guys, because they are so tiny and
> > ten to hide under leaves.  Also, I was trying to make the transfer as
> quick
> > and gentle as possible, as they had just survived a traumatic journey
> > courtesy of the US Postal Service.
> >
> > Below is the best image I could manage under the circumstances.  The
> second
> > image is included to give some idea of their size (the leaves are about 1
> > 1/2 inches long), and to show how the arrive on the small milkweed plant.
> >
> > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/7/4/new-cats
> >
> > K-5 IIs, smc FA 100 mm Macro F 2.8
> > Comments are invited and appreciated.
> >
> >
> > Dan Matyola
> > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
> > *
>
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Re: PESO: My babies have arrived! (With Images)

2020-07-04 Thread Alan C 

Interesting stuff. Good luck. You could try focus stacking.

Alan C

On 04-Jul-20 05:55 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

*SORRY -- MY COMPUTER DECIDED TO SEND THE EMAIL BEFORE I HAD FINISHED
TYPING.  HERE IS THE ENTIRE MESSAGE.*

Tuesday I received a shipment of Monarch caterpillars from Rose Franklin,
the Milweek Lady, in PA.  This is the first batch of the season.  I have
also ordered some from Monarch Watch, but those have been delayed.

They arrive by mail, on a small milkweed plant about 6 inches tall.  They
are tiny, less than 1/4 the size of a grain of rice, and at first I had
difficulty finding any, as they usually hide on the underside of the
leaves.  I opened the shipping container over a plastic circular tray that
I place under potted plants.  That was fortunate, as one fell out, and I
noticed him only because the tray was white.

I placed one of the potted tropical milkweed plants from my deck into my
medium size butterfly cage (the small one now hold a praying mantis egg
case), and gently rested the smaller plant with the caterpillars at the
base of the larger milkweed, so they could move onto that as the one they
were shipped with gets eaten up or drys out.  Lastly, I managed to get the
straggler that had fallen offhttp://
dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/7/4/new-catsonto the
tray by scooping it up with a small milkweed leaf and placing the leaf at
the base of the larger plant.

It is pretty hot and humid, but I hope they will all develop into pupae and
then butterflies over the next few weeks.

It is tricky to photograph the little guys, because they are so tiny and
ten to hide under leaves.  Also, I was trying to make the transfer as quick
and gentle as possible, as they had just survived a traumatic journey
courtesy of the US Postal Service.

Below is the best image I could manage under the circumstances.  The second
image is included to give some idea of their size (the leaves are about 1
1/2 inches long), and to show how the arrive on the small milkweed plant.

http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/7/4/new-cats

K-5 IIs, smc FA 100 mm Macro F 2.8
Comments are invited and appreciated.


Dan Matyola
*https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
*



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PESO: My babies have arrived! (With Images)

2020-07-04 Thread Daniel J. Matyola 
*SORRY -- MY COMPUTER DECIDED TO SEND THE EMAIL BEFORE I HAD FINISHED
TYPING.  HERE IS THE ENTIRE MESSAGE.*

Tuesday I received a shipment of Monarch caterpillars from Rose Franklin,
the Milweek Lady, in PA.  This is the first batch of the season.  I have
also ordered some from Monarch Watch, but those have been delayed.

They arrive by mail, on a small milkweed plant about 6 inches tall.  They
are tiny, less than 1/4 the size of a grain of rice, and at first I had
difficulty finding any, as they usually hide on the underside of the
leaves.  I opened the shipping container over a plastic circular tray that
I place under potted plants.  That was fortunate, as one fell out, and I
noticed him only because the tray was white.

I placed one of the potted tropical milkweed plants from my deck into my
medium size butterfly cage (the small one now hold a praying mantis egg
case), and gently rested the smaller plant with the caterpillars at the
base of the larger milkweed, so they could move onto that as the one they
were shipped with gets eaten up or drys out.  Lastly, I managed to get the
straggler that had fallen offhttp://
dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/7/4/new-catsonto the
tray by scooping it up with a small milkweed leaf and placing the leaf at
the base of the larger plant.

It is pretty hot and humid, but I hope they will all develop into pupae and
then butterflies over the next few weeks.

It is tricky to photograph the little guys, because they are so tiny and
ten to hide under leaves.  Also, I was trying to make the transfer as quick
and gentle as possible, as they had just survived a traumatic journey
courtesy of the US Postal Service.

Below is the best image I could manage under the circumstances.  The second
image is included to give some idea of their size (the leaves are about 1
1/2 inches long), and to show how the arrive on the small milkweed plant.

http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/7/4/new-cats

K-5 IIs, smc FA 100 mm Macro F 2.8
Comments are invited and appreciated.


Dan Matyola
*https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
*
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PESO: My babies have arrived!

2020-07-04 Thread Daniel J. Matyola 
Tuesday I received a shipment of Monarch caterpillars from Rose Franklin,
the Milweek Lady, in PA.  This is the first batch of the season.  I have
also ordered some from Monarch Watch, but those have been delayed.

They arrive by mail, on a small milkweed plant about 6 inches tall.  They
are tiny, less than 1/4 the size of a grain of rice, and at first I had
difficulty finding any, as they usually hide on the underside of the
leaves.  I opened the shipping container over a plastic circular tray that
I place under potted plants.  That was fortunate, as one fell out, and I
noticed him only because the tray was white.

I placed one of the potted tropical milkweed plants from my deck into my
medium size butterfly cage (the small one now hold a praying mantis egg
case), and gently rested the smaller plant with the caterpillars at the
base of the larger milkweed, so they could move onto that as the one they
were shipped with gets eaten up or drys out.  Lastly, I managed to get the
straggler that had fallen offhttp://
dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/7/4/new-catsonto the
tray by scooping it up with a small milkweed leaf and placing the leaf at
the base of the larger plant.

It is pretty hot and humid, but I hope they will all develop into pupae and
then butterflies over the next few weeks.

It is tricky to photograph the little guys, because they are so tiny and
ten to hide under leaves.  Also, I was trying to make the transfer as quick
and gentle as possible, as they had just survived a traumatic journey
courtesy of the US Postal Service.

Below is the best image I could manage under the circumstances.  The second
image is included to give some idea of their size (the leaves are about 1
1/2 inches long),

Dan Matyola
*https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
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