Not too long ago I posted a photo of a blood fluke larva; actually, the initial hatching stage or the miracidia stage. This photo is of the female adult; in this case without her attached male counterpart. One of the interesting things about this species of fluke is there are both male and female adults. They meet up in the final host and bond together along a groove on the female. And then the egg-laying fun can begin!
This image was taken using oblique phase lighting using a six image focus stack at a total of 100x magnification. As always. let me know what you think.
A blood fluke all grown up!
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Pat Thielen
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A blood fluke all grown up!
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Pat Thielen
Motic BA310, C & A Scientific Premiere SMZ-07, Swift Eleven-Ninety, Swift FM-31, Bausch & Lomb VM349, Olympus CHA
Nikon d810
Motic BA310, C & A Scientific Premiere SMZ-07, Swift Eleven-Ninety, Swift FM-31, Bausch & Lomb VM349, Olympus CHA
Nikon d810
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Pat Thielen
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Re: A blood fluke all grown up!
Because there is a pond behind my house with snails I'm going to take a peak later this summer and see if I can find any fluke larva in it. If I do you'll all know! 
Pat Thielen
Motic BA310, C & A Scientific Premiere SMZ-07, Swift Eleven-Ninety, Swift FM-31, Bausch & Lomb VM349, Olympus CHA
Nikon d810
Motic BA310, C & A Scientific Premiere SMZ-07, Swift Eleven-Ninety, Swift FM-31, Bausch & Lomb VM349, Olympus CHA
Nikon d810
