Electron Microscope Pictures

Helga design

turtle ant (Cephalotes sp.) from the Amazonian rainforest

Artist Steve Gschmeissner

“Amazing Scanning Electron Microscope pictures of insects and

spiders

Using a Scanning Electron Microscope, retired scientific photographer .

Steve Gschmeissner, 61, from Bedford, is able to magnify insects by up to a

million times. The results show incredibly detailed images of creepy crawlies in 3D “

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human flea (Pulex irritans)

bedbug (Cimex sp.)

wasp's head (order Hymenoptera)

Jumping Spider (family Salticidae)

micrograph of a fly

tropical caterpillar (order

Lepidoptera)

honey bee (Apis

sp.)

head of a froghopper

dog flea (Ctenocephalides canis)

bone tissue

Retina

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