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Photo#1177852
Specimen 2, ventral - Sphaerius

Specimen 2, ventral - Sphaerius
Highland Lake, Blount County, Alabama, USA
December 26, 2014
Size: 0.74 mm (sans genitalia)
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This image is from a CombineZP processed stack of 197 images with a 1.8 µm step taken with a Mitutoyo BD Plan Apo 50×/0.55 ∞/0 mm microscope objective + Nikon 135 mm F2.8 AIS telephoto lens + Nikon D810 camera (magnification 33.75×; technique described here).

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Specimen 1, dorsal - Sphaerius Specimen 1, lateral - Sphaerius Specimen 2, ventral - Sphaerius Specimen 2, ventral close - Sphaerius Specimen 3, dorso-lateral, wings spread - Sphaerius Specimen 3, dorsal folded left wing - Sphaerius Specimen 3, lateral close (left palp missing) - Sphaerius Specimen 3, anterior (left palp missing) - Sphaerius