Light Micrograph Pins and Buttons

Bright field light micrograph of a green Spirogyra alga filament on a prepared microscope slide, pictured area is about 850 micrometers wide.

Freshwater diatom, Rhopalodia sp., under the microscope

Mold spores, stained with lactophenol cotton blue, micrograph width is approximately 121 micrometer.

Ascaris, cross-section, light micrograph, pictured area is approximately 6mm tall.

Reflected light micrograph of a Shasta daisy (Leucanthemum × superbum) seed, about 4mm in length.

Tiny crab claws (chelas) empty shell, found on a beach in Western Washington state, pictured area is about 8mm wide

Ultraviolet reflected light micrograph of a yellow fluorescent ball pen tip, pictured area is about 1.7mm wide.

Bright field micrograph of a peacock feather, pictured area is about 1.7mm tall.

Reflected light micrograph of a bell pepper (Capsicum annuum cultivar) seed, about 5mm in size.

Lapsana communis stamen with pollen under the microscope, vertical field of view is about 1.1mm.

Carrot seed under microscope

Bright field micrograph of nauplius (copepod larva) from a fresh water sample, about ~100 microns in size.

Light micrograph of a strawberry "seed" (achene), pictured area is about 1.7mm wide.

Moss operculum (spore capsule lid), about 0.9mm in diameter, under the microscope.

Aleuria aurantia (orange peel fungus) spores, inverted bright field micrograph, horizontal field of view is approximately 127 microns

Light micrograph of a lychee (Litchi chinensis) fruit shell, pictured area is approximately 6mm wide.

Microscopic free-living nematode worm from garden soil, possibly Panagrellus sp., horizontal field of view is about 1.1mm.

Red autumn maple leaf under the microscope

Weevil beetle (family Curculionidae) under 10x microscope objective in visible + ultraviolet light.

Freshwater diatom, Rhopalodia sp., about 80 microns in length, under the microscope

Sharp scalpel blade, reflected light micrograph, magnification is 59x when printed 10cm tall.

Reflected light micrograph of a fennel (Foeniculum vulgare cultivar group) seed.

Reflected light micrograph of a poppy seed, pictured area is about 1.7mm wide.

Reflected light micrograph of a dandelion seed.

Magnification is about x824 when printed at 10 centimeters wide.

Star anise (Illicium verum) seed, reflected light micrograph, 12x magnification when printed 10cm wide.

Microscopic free-living nematode worm from garden soil, possibly Panagrellus sp., horizontal field of view is about 0.56mm.

Light micrograph of a withered orchid leaf, pictured area is about 4mm wide.

Tiny soil mite (live and active) under the microscope.

Reflected light micrograph of a Zygentoma family insect (silverfish) found indoor in Western Washington state, USA.

Oregon grape (Mahonia aquifolium) seed, reflected light micrograph, 12x magnification when printed 10cm tall

Reflected light micrograph of an arranged foraminifera microscope slide.

Penicillium mold under the microscope, dark field, 100x oil objective.

Insect larva under the microscope, vertical field of view is about 3mm.

Inverted bright field micrograph of various fungal spores from an air sample, stained with methyl blue, pictured area is about 170 micrometers wide.

Tiny fungivore snail shell under the microscope