buggirl:

Spirogyra under the microscope in lab.

(via fuckyeahmicrobiology)

rhamphotheca:

Diatoms

Fanlike diatoms, representing the species Licmophora juegensii, have latched onto red algae in this picture by Germany’s Wolfgang Bettighofer. Licmophora cells are able to move and, supported through light sensors, locate a place with suitable light exposure. Then they produce a sticky stalk that keeps them attached to their home base. The sample was collected from brackish water in the Baltic Sea.

(via: Amazing Stuffs)

entomolog:

Because flies CAN be beautiful…!!! by Nicolas R.B.

(via journey-start)

rhamphotheca:

rusaman:Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Using reflected light, Yanping Wang of the Beijing Planetarium in Beijing captured sand at 4x magnification. (Yanping Wang)

geneticist:

These images are part of a series of remarkable patterns that bacteria form when grown in a petri dish. The colony structures form as adaptive responses to laboratory-imposed stresses that mimic hostile environments faced in nature. (via)

this kind of counts for this blog, doesn’t it? D:

(Source: ohscience, via fueledbythc)

rhamphotheca:

Beetle Leg

German researcher Jan Michels’ eighth-place image shows a lateral view of the adhesive pad on the leg of a Longhorn Beetle (Clytus sp.). The view was captured using auto fluorescence.

(via: Amazing Stuffs)

bogleech:

Leptodora kindtii is a species of “water flea,” like the pinhead-sized Daphnia found throughout the world in fresh water, only one of the largest (SEVERAL pinheads in size!) and predatory on other water fleas.

Coolest of all, you are seeing one huge, beautiful compound eye in its transparent head. Like several other freshwater crustaceans, it’s a real cyclops!

ohscience:

Diamond crystal showing photogenic dissolution markings (31.8x)

(via journey-start)

liveberkshire:

waterflea

From The Big Picture

(via fyeahcutebugs)