Electron Collection

Simulium damnosum, Simulian blackfly
Scanning electron microscope image of the head showing the compound eye (x 130). The fly is a vector of a parasite which causes River Blindness. Coloured artifically by computer

Snail teeth

Plasmodium sp. malarial parasite
Scanning electron microscope image of a malarial protozoal parasite. The parasite requires the anopheles mosquito to complete its life cycle

Acanthoica acanthifera, coccosphere
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a coccosphere, collected in the North Atlantic (x 25, 000 on negative). Artificially coloured by computer

Scyliorhinus canicula, dogfish
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of the scales of a dogfish (x 40)

Aspergillus
An SEM image of aspergillus in spore production (x 815 on a standard 9 cm wide print). The moulds are common in the northern hemisphere and some cause disease in humans and animals

Baird Electron Scanner System of Television, showing the Electron Scanner when used for the televising of talking films. This can be employed for a definition of 100-500 lines

The anus of a bot fly
Scanning electron microscope image of the anus of a bot fly. Image on display in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Coccinella sp. black spotted ladybird
Scanning electron microscope image showing the head of a black spotted ladybird (x 9 on a standard 9 cm wide print). This image has been coloured artifically by computer

Tyrophagus casei, cheese mite
Scanning electron microscope image of a cheese mite (x 170). These creatures are generally considered to be a pest, however they are added to Altenburger cheese to give it flavour

Ceratodon purpureus, ceratodon moss spore capsule
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a ceratodon moss spore capsule (x 650 on a standard 9 cm wide print)

Schistosoma nasale, bloodfluke
Scanning electron microscope image of a parasitic bloodfluke or flatworm. Coloured artifically by computer

Dermatophagoides pteronyssius, dust mite
Scanning electron microscope image showing a dust mite (x 250 on standard 9cm wide print). This image has been artificially coloured by a computer

Gigantiops destructor, South American jumping ant
High magnification image made with a scanning electron microscope of the head of a South American jumping ant. Image coloured artificially by a computer

Transmission electron microscope EM9. Signed: Carl Zeiss. 1964

Blitz in London -- training office workers, WW2
Blitz in London -- LFS personnel training office workers in firefighting, 7 June 1941, with a diagram of a typical kilo magnesium electron incendiary bomb pinned to a blackboard. Date: 1941

Lockheed Model 1049C Super Constellation PH-TFR
Lockheed Model 1049C Super Constellation, PH-TFR, Electron, of KLM

Pieris rapae, small white
SEM image of the wing of a small white butterfly

Aglais urticae, small tortoiseshell butterfly
Scanning electron microscope image showing the head of a small tortoiseshell butterfly (x 25 on a standard 9cm wide print). This image has been coloured artificially by computer

Dinosaur eggshell
Scanning electron microscope image on display in the Darwin Centre

Ventral surface of a mite from the prostigmatic species
Scanning electron microscope image displayed on the glass screens in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

Diplopoda sp. plate millipede
Scanning electron microscope image of a lateral view of the head of a plate millipede. Image displayed on the glass screens in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

Trypanosomes
Scanning electron microscope image showing a trypanosoma blood smear. They have proved to be of great interest as they have evolved very differently to other better studied organisms

Atta cethalotes, leaf-cutter ant
Scanning electron microscope image of a leaf-cutter ant displayed in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

Small fly, species unknown
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) of a fly head. Image displayed on the glass screens in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

Woodlouse antenna
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) image of woodlouse antenna

Amphitetras, diatom
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing the diatom Amphitetras with its ornate silica shell (x5000 on a standard 9 cm wide print). Coloured artificially by computer

Leptoglossis ferreyraei
A pollen grain of Leptoglossis ferreyraei (polar view) from the family Solanaceae, the tomato family

Leptoglossis lomana
A pollen grain of the Leptoglossis lomana (polar view) from the family Solanacea, the tomato family

Salticus senecus, zebra jumping spider
Scanning electron microscope image of a zebra jumping spider from the UK (x 35). Note the two large eyes that give them excellent binoular vision. Coloured artificially on computer

Gold in unspecified mineral
Scanning electron microscope image of an elemental map showing the distribution of gold (Au) in mineral samples

Goyazite
Scanning electron microscope image of the energy-dispersive X-ray spectrum of the mineral goyazite, obtained using Link AN10000 analysis system

Coccoliths
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of coccoliths, these are the limestone scales surrounding the marine phytoplankton coccolithophores

Sitophilus granarius, grain weevil
Scanning electron microscope image of a grain weevil (x 50). Note the elongated snout or rostrum, with the chewing mouthparts at the end. These weevils cannot fly. Artificially coloured by computer

Velcro
A trademarked name for a fastening tape made up of a strip of nylon with a surface of minute hooks, that fasten to another strip with a surface of uncut pile. A SEM image

Amblyomma sp. hard backed tick
Scanning electron microscope view of a hard backed tick from the family Ixodidae. Coloured artificially on computer

Copper in unspecified mineral
Scanning electron microscope image of an elemental map showing the distribution of copper (Cu) in mineral samples

Fractured pollen grain
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing a fractured pollen grain

Bellis perenis, daisy petal
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a daisy petal. Published in Close-Up (2004) by Chris Jones and Alex Ball (inside cover)

Aphis fabae, black bean aphid
Scanning electron microscope image showing a frontal view of a black bean aphid on leaf (x100). Aphids or plant lice are small, plant-sucking insects

Coccolithus pelagicus
Coccosphere of Coccolithus pelagicus, a common cold water coccolithophore. Collected from the British Continental shelf, North West of Scotland. Specimen diameter 15m. False-coloured SEM image

Florisphaera profunda
A coccolithophore with highly modified, plate-like coccoliths. This is a very common deep dwelleing species, typically living at about 100-150m depth in the water column

Ophiaster formosus
A coccolithophore with long appendages formed of strings of highly modified coccoliths. Collected from the West Pacific. Specimen diameter 50m. False-coloured SEM image

Pontosphaera japonica. A coccolithophore with relatively large, flat, coccoliths. Collected from off Hawaii. Specimen diameter 22m. False-coloured SEM image

Pelargonium crispum, lemon geranium

Fractured anther
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing a fractured anther, otherwise known as the sac, which contains the pollen in the male sex organs (stamens)

Amirthalingamia macracantha, tapeworm

Asteraceae, daisy
Scanning electron microscope image of the fractured surface of an anther showing a developing pollen grain from a member of the daisy or Asteraceae family ( X 3000)

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