Genre: Scientific Photography Circular image. Photomicrograph 'of the tarsus or foot of a fly, with the curious and beautiful appendages termed pulvilli, or cushions, by means of which the insect is enabled to traverse perpendicular and horizontal surfaces, such as walls and ceilings, in opposi...
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...