[ladyvet]

Yikes! Between those pictures and all the bedbug stories this week I have an itch factor of about ten right now.

[Right Brother]

Here is a close up of the common House fly.

[ransomnote]

Wow! I’ve seen electron microscope photos before but these blow the others away!
The one that most resembles a character from Star Wars: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/picture-galleries/7924099/Creepy-crawlies-Amazing-Scanning-Electron-Microscope-pictures-of-insects-and-spiders.html?image=8

The one that looks like the cute little guy posed for his portrait: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/picture-galleries/7924099/Creepy-crawlies-Amazing-Scanning-Electron-Microscope-pictures-of-insects-and-spiders.html?image=18

[GiovannaNicoletta]

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[Western Phil]

Nice.

They also have some “coloured” pollen micrographs that a guy made in his basement.

[EveningStar]

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[Krankor]

Video of how it works.

[raybbr]

Next time your eyelash or facial hair itches remember it's a "follicle mite" living there...

[patriot08]

Read the article, Britan’s dirty bedrooms’ at the site on the right hand side?
Disgusting!!!

[Psycho_Bunny]

[EveningStar]

Some of these critters do have an other worldly quality. :)

[Elsiejay]

That first critter pictured must be the evolutionary precursor of the walrus. A mammal from an arthropod, or whatever? No problem, just takes lotsa time and gazillions of fortuitous mutations.

[Bigg Red]

Very cool!