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Oops !…Prince Hisahito did it again ! Part II
By Hirokazu Nishimura (Tsukuba)
Abstract: This paper is a sequel to my paper "Oops ! Prince Hisahito did it again !"
(https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377396926_Oops_Prince_Hisahito_did_it_again),
addressing Hisahito's fabrication on photo 19 in his paper. further.
4. The Fourth Consideration on No. 19 Photo
The crucial arguments in [https://etcetera-japan.com/there-might-be-more-strings-than-we-thought]
go as follows.
There are white strings on the side of the belly of the siberian winterdamsel. If you look at the yellow
arrows, you can see that there is a knot in the thread.
If you print out the photo and enlarge it, you can confirm the presence of more foreign objects. We
attached red and black lines to them.
And some insect pins can be seen as well.
It is possible to say that there were more wires and pins than I had imagined, supporting or
suspending the dragonfly.
A small circle (lower red circle) can be seen above the white rectangular thing that looks like a tag
attached to the tip of the abdomen。
Male dragonflies have a protrusion called an "accessory genitalia" on the upper part of the abdomen,
near the hind legs. The tip of the abdomen (tail) has the horn-shaped "upper appendage" and "lower
appendage" that male stag beetles have, and they use them to pinch behind the female's compound
eyes, inserting their accessory genitalia between the spawning valves for copulation.
The dragonfly shown in photo No. 19 in Hisahito's paper is to be identified as a male because "when
all its wings are stacked together, two black patterns can be seen," but the "accessory genitalia" is
invisible. Furthermore, the "upper appendage" and "lower appendage" at the tip are hidden by the
white tag.
5. The Fifth Consideration on No. 19 Photo
The crucial arguments in [https://etcetera-japan.com/it-might-be-a-kind-of-poly-setting-tape] go as
follows.
It was already argued that something like a line can be seen around the dragonfly in photo number
19. Here we give a different explanation about this "something".
It is argued that this is no other than the "wing tape" that anyone who has ever made specimens of
dragonflies or butterflies, or who researches insects, must own and use.
"Binging" is done when making specimens, and is a process of holding dragonflies and butterflies
with their bodies placed in the grooves of the wing plate, with their wings spread neatly.
Up until now, translucent tape made of glassine paper was the standard, but now more and more
people are using transparent film made of polypropylene, which is resistant to moisture, does not
slip, and does not generate static electricity.
We conducted an experiment. This time, we used a 0.15mm (=150 micron) laminated film and cut it
into small pieces for the experiment. Films of that thickness are often used to make cards such as
medical certificates and membership cards, as well as restaurant menus.
In addition, transparent wing tape made of polypropylene is often 38 microns or 60 microns thick.
We think some of these things may have fallen around the dragonfly in photo 19.
If the tape has fallen off, there will be even a slight change in the lines and color in that area.
When we enlarged the photo in the paper and took a closer look, I noticed that the lines were
misaligned, the color was different, and there was a slight blurring due to the refraction of light, so
we indicated these areas with blue lines.
By the way, the part circled in red is the currently well discussed "V-shaped knot of string tied
around the grass."
If the dragonfly shown in photo 19 were a specimen rather than a living individual, it would be
removed from the wing plate and displayed. It is a very delicate dragonfly with a body length of
about 4 cm, so it must have been handled with great care.
Because Hisahito was concentrating on that, he may not have noticed that the wing tape and pins
(headed insect stingers) had fallen. Moreover, the wing tape was transparent, so he probably didn't
notice it when he took the photo. In the photo number 19, you can only find four legs. The other two
may have fallen at that time.