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Another unknown marsh mite.
Copyright © 2008 Mark Fox

Another unknown marsh mite.
Brazelier Island, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
April 8, 2008
Another darkfield photo through my compound microscope. This one came out with pretty crisp resolution. I just made some paper darkfield stops, nothing too high tech. Soon I'll have access to a similar scope that actually has a darkfield condenser on it, and I'm excited to try it out.
Contributed by Mark Fox on 26 August, 2008 - 9:43pm
Last updated 10 December, 2012 - 7:43am

Moved
Moved from Parasitengona.
… Ray Fisher, 10 December, 2012 - 7:44am

Parasitengona, possibly Erythraeidae --det. D.E. Walter
Moved from Mites and Ticks.
… v belov, 5 July, 2011 - 10:57pm

Nice
shot Mark. Both shots are really nice.

I've been messing with home-made darkfield stops also, so I'll be interested in hearing how well a real darkfield condenser works for you.

Was this a permanent mount? I'm curious what you used for solution since I've not had much luck with the few mites I've tried to photograph. (I'm just a hack though, so I can usually predict that my results will be unpredictable :-)
… Jay Barnes, 3 September, 2008 - 7:43pm

Color
Me impressed.
… Herschel Raney, 27 August, 2008 - 12:14pm

WOOOOOW!
I'm jealous! :)
… Jonas Insinga, 27 August, 2008 - 8:35am

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