both sides are designed and this is one view. this was before i soldered and added the loops and ribbons for hanging.

photo by susan zavala 2009

Sitting at the scope, sorting through dirt used to fill a small hole in the ground. This hole was filled in some 600 years ago in what is now Pennsylvania . Lots of little things found there way into that hole.

Grant Museum of Zoology

Rockefeller Building

University College London

London, England, UK

Spirogrya

Woodinville Whiskey Rye. Approx. 40X I accidentally put a lot on this slide, and it wound up being a happy accident.

Red growth on onion skin, 60x/1.2, DIC, HF B

The grands enjoyed exploring the miniature world of the microscope. Snow White explained to me how she focused the scope.

Spirogrya

High Quality Professional Compound Trinocular Microscope!

Dandelion stamen, 4x, FLUO-C6.1, ZPMax, Topaz Denoise

Beaver lake,10x, FLUO-C6.1, HF C

Provisionally I am calling this as Chrysis impressa.

These are some test shots with the new Hi-Chrome Camera and GMZ microscope. I think the new kit will prove immensely useful for identifying these extremely challenging wasps. The series of shots here cover some of the key characters one has to look at. Normally one needs to match five or more out of seven characters to approach confidence in one's determination.

Being able to compare images will make this challenging task a little easier (hopefully).

used in senior lab

2011-02-11

Rotting leaf.

These are really interesting to study! They are easy to keep in the fridge on some wood. They are very cooperative models except for wanting to be in a hole - they stand relatively still. Their eyes are so tiny though, I still do not have a good photo of them. I bought an attachment to my stereo microscope but it does not seem to do better than my lil camera yet. I 'have' narrowed it down to 2-6 ocelli. ;-) I am still working on it. These photos show more information though.

Taken in Battle Ground, Clark Co., WA, USA

Thanks to Frans Janssens for ID.

Woodinville Whiskey Rye. Approx. 40X I accidentally put a lot on this slide, and it wound up being a happy accident.

Beaver lake,4x*2, POL, HF B

Checking out a dead grasshopper at Genesis Scientific, well only about half of it.

I have a microscope now at home. It is quite old and I am still learning how to use it accordingly, but have started to take some videos and photos on my phone. They aren't the best but hopefully soon I will be able to buy a HD webcam which will fit perfectly onto the ocular lens.

Closterium, 6 image stack, approx 400x

example of the bugs that are taking over our plants...

Seed pod, 4x, FLUO-C6.1+POL, ZS PMax, Pano, Topaz DN

Dandelion stamen, 10x, FLUO-C6.1, ZPMax, Topaz Denoise

Fine woven fabric.

Microscope 2404-498

Grass seed, 4x, FLUO-C4, ZS PMax + Topaz DN

Fine woven fabric.