Gallery

Interior of the termite gut

Interior of the termite gut

Interior of the termite gut

Radiolarian

Diatom

Foraminiferan

Fabrea salina

Foraminiferan

Foraminiferan

Desmid, Closterium moniliferum

Stylonychia sp.

Stentor polymorphus

Freshwater sponge, freshly settled

Freshwater sponge, freshly settled, a week later

Difflugia sp.

Foramiferan

Diatom

Possible Pyrocystis sp?

Ciliate

Thecate choanoflagellate and Oxyrrhis marina

Heliozoan feeding on a choanoflagellate from a backyard birdbath sample

Stentor and Euplotes

Stentor and Euplotes

Ciliate that recently fed on dinoflagellates (brown objects)

Flatworm

Oxyrrhis marina

Uronychia with ingested dinoflagellate

Evolution of homemade microscopes part V: Replica van Leeuwenhoek microscope

Evolution of homemade microscopes part V: Replica van Leeuwenhoek microscope

My cheek cell imaged using the van Leeuwenhoek microscope

Fish scale (left) and skin cells (right) imaged using the van Leeuwenhoek microscope

Ant leg imaged using the puttyscope

Evolution of homemade microscopes part IV: van Leeuwenhoek style puttyscope

Evolution of homemade microscopes part III: Legoscope

Spider eye imaged using Legoscope

Spider fangs imaged using Legoscope

Spider plant flower petal imaged using Legoscope

Flower stamen with pollen imaged using the Legoscope

Flower petal imaged using the Legoscope

Computer monitor pixels imaged using reversed smartphone lens (Evolution of homemade microscopes part II: Reversed smartphone camera lens, not pictured)

Mushroom imaged using reversed smartphone lens

Buddhist monk robe imaged using reversed smartphone lens

Leaf imaged using reversed smartphone lens

Mole crab antenna imaged using reversed smartphone lens

Fruit fly wing imaged using reversed smartphone lens

Paper towel and marker ink imaged using reversed smartphone lens

Microbeads settling in water imaged using reversed smartphone lens

Beer foam imaged using reversed smartphone lens

Flower petal imaged using reversed smartphone lens

Metal imaged using reversed smartphone lens

Hair root imaged using reversed smartphone lens

Cicada eye imaged using reversed smartphone lens

Bark imaged using reversed smartphone lens

Copepod imaged using reversed smartphone lens

Finger imaged using reversed smartphone lens

Arthropod larva imaged using reversed smartphone lens

Evolution of homemade microscopes part I: van Leeuwenhoek style index card microscope