The following are photos and micrographs (3 at 40x, 1 at 100x) I took
of what appear to be insect eggs on local birch trees. This is
apparently fairly new to the area.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ridt8naxHLs
Here is a movie at 100x of what appears to be a slow moving larva,
possibly still in the egg:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TInffuSp4S8
It is located to the upper right and very slow moving. Original scale
for 100x is 73 pixels = 0.1 mm = 100 microns. Original frames were
640 pixels wide. I don't know to what width what youtube may have
converted them, but the frame is about 876 microns wide, about 0.88 mm.
Fist thing that came to mind is spider mites, but I didn't see any.
It is surprising to see so many eggs bunched together. Anyone
recognize this?
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
