Scanning Electron Micrograph Collection (#6)

Asteraceae, daisy
Scanning electron microscope image of the fractured surface of an anther showing a developing pollen grain from a member of the daisy or Asteraceae family ( X 3000)

Lumbricus terrestris, earthworm
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing the chaeta/setae - involved in the locomotion on an earthworm

Taraxacum officinale, dandelion
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a dandelion (x 80)

Spider trichobothrium hair
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of the base of a trichobothrium hair (x 1, 000). The hair is an air-movement sensor extending from the pit in the cuticle of a spiders leg

Fagus sylvatica, European beech pollen
Scanning electron microscope picture (X1500) showing a pollen grain as seen from the side. The image shows one of the three laterally-placed aperture furrows with a small pore in the centre

Fraxinus excelsior, weeping ash pollen
Scanning electron microscope picture (x 1500) of ash pollen grains from above, with three furrowed apertures (trizonocolporate)

Calyptrolithophora papillifera, holococcolith
An SEM of a holococcolith, a nano-fossil, with flat top

A bryozoan colony
Scanning electron microscope image displayed on the glass screens in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

Cystopteris diaphana, diaphanous bladder fern
An SEM showing a close-up of the spiny-lacunar surface of the diaphanous bladder fern (Cystopteris diaphana) spore. Photographed using Philips XL30 SEM

Hair of the Dog
A scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a dog hair

Mustelus mustelus, smoothhound shark
A Scanning Electron Microscope image of smoothhound shark skin. The skin is covered with tiny teeth called dermal denticles

Fragaria sp. strawberry
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a strawberry (Fragaria sp.), artificially coloured by computer

Sugar grains
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of sugar grains, artificially coloured by computer

Vitis sp. white grape
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a white grape (Vitis sp.), artificially coloured by computer

Browallia speciosa, amethyst
A pollen grain of the Browallia speciosa (polar view) from the family Solanaceae, the tomato family

Vaccinium sp. blueberry
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a blueberry (Vaccinium sp.), artificially coloured by computer

Solanum sp. tomato
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a tomato (Solanum sp.), artificially coloured by computer

Isurus oxyrinchus, mako shark
Scanning Electron Microscope image of mako shark skin

Lasius niger, black garden ant
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) of a black ant leg. Widespread and common in a range of habitats but perhaps most familiar in gardens where nests are formed under paving stones and brickwork

Porcellio sccaber, woodlouse
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing all the units that make up the compound eye of a woodlouse

Calliphora vicina, blowfly or bluebottle
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a blowfly proboscis (x 85). This specialised mouth-part is used to squirt digestive enzymes onto the food

Papilio machaon, old world swallowtail
SEM image of a Papilio machaon wing

Danionella dracula, minnow
SEM image of the Danionella dracula. This tiny 17mm fish has evolved many unique and unusual characteristics, the most spectacular of which are jaw modifications that resemble true teeth

Feather detail

Pollen on bee
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of pollen on a bee. If the plant depends on animals for pollination, the pollen will be relatively large and sticky

Dermestes lardarius, larder beetle
Scanning electron microscope image of a larder beetle (x22). These beetles are important for the damage they do, mainly through feeding on animal matter. Coloured artificially by computer

Apis mellifera, honey bee
Scanning electron microscope image of a honey bee coloured artificially by computer. The female worker caste of this species have special baskets on their legs to to take pollen back to the nest

Actinopora disticha, bryozoan
Scanning electron micrograph of a fossil cyclostome bryozoan from the Cretaceous Chalk, Santonian, Kent

Wilbertopora woodwardi (Brydone), bryozoan
Scanning electron micrograph of a fossil cheilostome bryozoan. Specimen originates from the Upper Cretaceous Chalk, West Mean Station, Hampshire, U.K

Ptinus tectus, spider beetle
Scanning electron microscope image of a spider beetle (x 9). The long antennae, hairy body and waist-like constriction give this beetle the appearance of a spider

Aspidelectra melolontha, bryozoan
Scanning electron micrograph. Zooids of a bleached colony of a modern cheilostome bryozoan. A recent specimen from Sheppey, Kent

Pinus sylvestris, scots pine
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing a pollen grain from a scots pine. Note the air bladders that help it to float through the air (x 1500 on a standard 9 cm wide print)

Actinoptychus, diatom
Scanning electron microscope image of the exterior valve of the diatom Actinoptychus (x 500 on a standard 9 cm wide print)

Chenopodium album, goosefoot
Scanning electron microscope image of a pollen grain from a member of the goosefoot family (x 3000 on a standard 9 cm wide print)

Marine Diatoms and Radiolarians
LRMC-17 Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM): Marine Diatoms and Radiolaria skeletons Magnification x435 (when printed A4, 29.7 cm cm wide)

Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM): Fusarium, Magnification x 1, 600 (A4 size: 29. 7 cm width)
LRDS-60 Fusarium Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM) Fusarium graminearum Magnification x 1, 600 (A4 size: 29.7 cm width) Coloured by hand to enhance natural features

Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM): E. coli; Magnification x 15, 000 (A4 size: 29. 7 cm width)
LRDS-40 E. coli Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM) Escherichia coli Magnification x 15, 000 (A4 size: 29.7 cm width) Coloured by hand to enhance natural features

Foraminifera
LRDS-306 Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM): Foraminifera Magnification x400 (when printed A4 size, 29.7 cm wide) Orbulina universa David Spears (Last Refuge) / ardea.com Last Refuge contact details

Marine Diatom
LRDS-293 Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM): Marine Diatom Magnification x2, 570 (when printed 10.5 cm wide) Bacteriastrum sp David Spears (Last Refuge) / ardea.com Last Refuge contact details

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