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Lupigrafie Insekten "A new life...." von Jürgen Brack
"A new life...."
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Jürgen Brack
Galerie Natur Tiere Insekten & Spinnen Puppen, Raupen, Larven
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"A new life...."

I succeeded in photographing the hatching of the swallowtail from the very beginning. When the egg got the first fine hole
On the homepage you can follow the entire hatching with about 35 pictures.

When it then came out, it greedily attacked the eggshell to gain as much strength as possible. I hoped that it would then pause briefly to rest ...... but that was only the case once. In the short time I was able to make three stacks, of which only one was somewhat usable…..

Although I saw during stacking that it held still, it was not so. It always had small "contractions in the body" ... twitches and that did not make it easier for me.

The stack is at a reproduction ratio of 6:1 which means that the image crop width is just 6 mm.

Even the smallest external influence such as vibrations from the hand-operated macro rail, or walking on the ground, the vibrations through the tripod, breathing out had an influence and you could see it on the picture/screen of the camera.. but now "it also trembled".
The image development was not easy

At some point "Lupi and I" just reach the limit, because the caterpillar is only about 2mm long and the thorn projections move in the hundredth millimeter range

But now I may show you a swallowtail caterpillar barely 5 minutes old eating the eggshell…

The entire hatching over all molts the whole wonder, you can follow on my homepage

Canon EOS R6II/ Canon MP-E 65mm 1:2.8 magnifying lens
1/20 second/ aperture 3.2/ ISO 1600/ focal length 65

STACKING Macro rail 139 pictures Helicon Focus Pro Reproduction ratio 6:1 Plant clamp LED panel light Auxiliary tripod Uncropped
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    Published 21.07.2026, 11:32 21.07.2026
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