Outer side of the wing of common fly. Photographer: Fisher
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Genre: Scientific Photography Circular image. Photomicrograph of a portion of the wing of a fly. This is a higher magnification of a part of the wing seen in print 5.
Part of the under wing of honey bee. Photographer: Fisher
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Genre: Scientific Photography Circular image. Photomicrograph of 'a portion of one of the hinder or under wings, taken from the anterior side, [and showing] the row of barbed hooks which extend along the margin on this side of the organ.'
Genre: Scientific Photography Circular image. Photomicrograph of a bee's sting: 'This admirable offensive and defensive structure consists essentially of two extremely fine darts or lancets, enclosed, when not in use, in a tubular, tapering, exquisitely pointed, horny sheath, a considerable par...
Genre: Scientific Photography Circular image. Photomicrograph of 'another very striking microscopic object - the tongue of the honey bee ... a solid, tapering, muscular body, terminating in a thick, fleshy, hairy disc, and divided, from the base to the apex, into a number of transverse bands or...
Mandibles, or outer jaws of common spider. Photographer: Fisher
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Genre: Scientific Photography Circular image. Photomicrograph of the mandible of a spider, 'which may, we think, be properly classed with the wonders of the microscope, although derived from that much-despised and even loathed intruder upon the human dwelling - the common spider (Tegenaria dome...
Genre: Scientific Photography Circular image. Photomicrograph of a spider's tongue or glossa: 'This beautiful organ has been but little studied either by naturalists or microscopists, althoug, even upon a superficial examination, its structure presents very interesting features.'
Genre: Scientific Photography Circular image. Photomicrograph of part of the tongue of a cricket: 'few [microscopic objects] are more remarkable for beauty and exquisite organization than the one selected for our next illustration, - the tongue of the common cricket (Acheta domestica). We have,...