https://seas.upenn.edu/~ericoc/microscopic-imgs/
These are sets of microscopic images taken using the Quanta 600 FEG Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM) in the Nanoscale Characterization Facility (NCF) at the Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology at the University of Pennsylvania.
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- Beatrice was a female carpenter bee caught in northern Philadelphia in May 2025.
- 30 photos
- Beatrice was a female carpenter bee caught in northern Philadelphia in May 2025.
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- Juno is a "super mutt" from Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, and her birthday is February 17.
- She is an energetic little puppy who loves people, dogs, and belly rubs.
- She lost her milk (deciduous, or "baby") teeth in 2025.
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- Marley was a cockroach found already-dead in northern Philadelphia in late May 2025.
- 16 photos
- Marley was a cockroach found already-dead in northern Philadelphia in late May 2025.
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- This moss was gathered in northern Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA on the evening of Tues. May 20, 2025.
- The following afternoon, on Wed. May 21, the moss was briefly frozen with liquid nitrogen (LN2) before being left to outgas under vacuum for an hour or two, in order to ensure that it was dry.
- 12 photos
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- Skeeter was a mosquito carefully captured in northern Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA one Summer evening in mid-2025.
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- Sparky was a firefly (or "lightning bug", from the Lampyridae family) caught in northern Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA one Summer evening in mid-2025.
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- Sylvester was a fly was caught in northern Philadelphia in May 2025.
- 22 photos
- Sylvester was a fly was caught in northern Philadelphia in May 2025.
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- These are microscopic images taken of ticks.
- 7 photos
- These are microscopic images taken of ticks.