Through the microscope

It is a miserable day here today. A day to spend time peering into the microscopic world.

The photograph shows part of the foot of a male great water beetle Dytiscus marginalis. The front legs of the male water beetle are covered with round-ended suction cups and spines which enable him to cling to the back of the female during copulation. The slide was prepared in 1891!

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