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Virtual microscope: The Tick

This is a darkfield image of a tick. Ticks are blood-sucking arthropods. They possess 8 legs and are not insects, but rather are related to the spiders. Ticks are known to transmit various diseases, such as Lyme’s disease and encephalitis. For more information on the tick, read the following post: .

Virtual microscope: female pine cone (Pinus)

For more information on the pine cone, have a look at the following post: The specimen size is approximately 20mm from left to right.

Digitizing photographic slides with a digital camera

Several years ago, at a time when digital single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras were still financially unobtainable, I used slide film to document my microscopic observations. These slides are now sitting, more or less nicely sorted, in a folder, doing pretty much nothing. I don’t even have a slide projector to look at them. Evidently the [...]

Drawing Microscopic Images

Drawing is still a useful method for documenting microscopic specimens, despite advances in (digital) imaging technologies. There are certain advantages in drawings that photographs do not possess.

Observing a Kiwifruit

Soft specimens can be observed by squashing a small sample between the slide and the cover glass. Here I would like to present: a Kiwi fruit

Mystery Object in Dust (Anthrenus sp.)

Anthrenus sp. is also known as a “carpet beetle”, and is known to eat textile material. Not a good thing to have it around in a household.

Advantages of Koehler Illumination

Koehler illumination offers a range of advantages over “critical illumination”. Illumination is more uniform, specimen heating is reduced as well as light reflections for photographic work.