Creepy Crawlies, Under the Microscope
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Over the years, winners of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/"><b>the Nikon Small World</b></a> photomicrography competition have taken eye-opening -- and slightly spine-tingling -- images of the creepy crawly creatures most people try their hardest to avoid. Under the microscope, bugs and insects bear little or no resemblance to how we traditionally see them – getting an extreme makeover that makes them bigger, brighter and in some cases, even a little more scary. This gallery of images shows these tiny organisms as you’ve never seen them before. Click with caution. (Nikon Small World)
<b>Image of Distinction, 2008<br> James Hayden, </b>The Wistar Institute<br> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<br> Thrips (40x)<br> Fluorescence (Nikon Small World)
<b>Image of Distinction, 2008<br> Albert Tousson, </b>University of Alabama at Birmingham<br> Isolated fruit fly wings (25x)<br> Fluorescence (Nikon Small World)