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Juniper berry with infested protruding achene, top view - Trisetacus

Juniper berry with infested protruding achene, top view - Trisetacus
Jemez Mountains, Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA
September 6, 2020
Size: 14 mm diameter berry
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This image is from a Helicon Focus processed stack of 66 images with a 200 µm step taken with a Mitutoyo M Plan APO 2X/0.055 ∞/0 mm microscope objective + Nikon 135 mm F2.8 AIS telephoto lens + Nikon D810 camera (magnification 1.35×; technique described here).

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Gall mite, specimen 1, slide mounted, ventral, with ejected egg - Trisetacus - female Gall mite, specimen 2, slide mounted, dorsal-lateral - Trisetacus Juniper berry with infested protruding achene, top view - Trisetacus