Dissecting a Dragonfly's Head, and micrographs...

[GenesForLife]

Handiwork by yours truly

[Dory]

Dissecting a dragonfly's head...sounds like a dreamy date.

You sound exactly nothing like I thought you do hehe! I admit I thought Apu.

[Dory]

Reminds me of a Rhizopus nigricans



Hey! maybe your dragonfly was infected?

[Elessarina]

Dissecting a dragonfly's head...sounds like a dreamy date.

You sound exactly nothing like I thought you do hehe! I admit I thought Apu.

I'll have to watch it when i get home

[GenesForLife]

The one in my pic appears to be Aspergillus niger, Dory. AFAIK there was no stolon characteristic of Rhizopus.



AFAIK, Aspergillus niger isn't an active parasite, and aspergillosis itself is very rare, ditto with Rhizopus, the more parsimonious explanation is that it took over after the dragonfly died, I've had the carcass for nigh on three months now.

Re:my accent, that was a bit toned down, I can sound posher (and more incomprehensible) if required.

I'll be working on another mold today, from the rest of the body...

[mistermack]

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I like this one, you could get the Tate gallery to hang that :



It must be from your "blue period".
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[GenesForLife]

It's just the stain, Mack, Cotton Blue in Lactophenol.

[mistermack]

It's just the stain, Mack, Cotton Blue in Lactophenol.

You're wasted here!!

[GenesForLife]

It's just the stain, Mack, Cotton Blue in Lactophenol.

You're wasted here!!

S'cuse me?

[Ronja]

It's just the stain, Mack, Cotton Blue in Lactophenol.

You're wasted here!!

S'cuse me?

Methinks mistermack might mean that your talent and skill are wasted on mere RatZ.

mistermack: Be a Mensch and let GFL kill time as he sees fit - it's all he can do before his visa papers for University College London come through.

GFL: I liked the video, and so did Younger Daughter. Elder Daughter is not into dead bugs, apparently (there's an odd one in every family :sighsm: )

[mistermack]

It's just the stain, Mack, Cotton Blue in Lactophenol.

You're wasted here!!

S'cuse me?

You should be in modern art. Damien Hirst would sell that for a fortune.
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[GenesForLife]

It's just the stain, Mack, Cotton Blue in Lactophenol.

You're wasted here!!

S'cuse me?

You should be in modern art. Damien Hirst would sell that for a fortune.
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My micrography setup is really ad-hoc, and uses a cardboard adapter, but if I could get a proper microscope camera adapter, I'd say why not

[GenesForLife]

Been adapting the adapter, and have some more images to share, am posting just what I think is the best of the lot.



Mammalian liver, low power, from permanent slide.



Striated Muscles.



Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the stuff that makes bread and beer possible.



Mosquito larva's head.



Aspergillus niger fruiting body.



Two fruiting bodies



Fruiting body flattened, sterigmata can be seen protruding from the vesicle, which was initially unexposed to stain.



Aspergillus niger mycelial net.

[Ronja]

Neat!

[Deep Sea Isopod]

You sound exactly nothing like I thought you do hehe! I admit I thought Apu.

When I watched it, the "up next" video is "Russell Peters Indian Accent "