Post by kitkor on Feb 1, 2009 0:07:46 GMT
I had some time today and decided to head back into work to take advantage of the microscopes and fiddle around with the camera adapter for the eyepiece. I ended up taking a few photos of some inquiline invertebrates that are either endemic to or usually found in association with Sarracenia purpurea. Enjoy:
Above: Wyeomyia smithii, the pitcher plant mosquito, a larva at around 40X magnification.
Above: Habrotrocha rosa, a bdelloid rotifer found in the pitcher plant liquid. Magnification calculation made more difficult by the camera's zoom lens, but it's at least 100X and might be closer to 400X.
Above: Ventral view of Sarraceniopus gibsoni, the pitcher plant mite. Magnification again around 100X but could be closer to 400X. Interestingly, there's another Sarraceniopus species that's found within the pitchers of Darlingtonia and other species in the same family that inhabit the pitchers of Nepenthes.
Apologies for the lack of scale. I couldn't locate those eyepieces. Maybe next time. I'll work on the photo quality, too. I was just messing around while waiting for the autoclave.
Above: Wyeomyia smithii, the pitcher plant mosquito, a larva at around 40X magnification.
Above: Habrotrocha rosa, a bdelloid rotifer found in the pitcher plant liquid. Magnification calculation made more difficult by the camera's zoom lens, but it's at least 100X and might be closer to 400X.
Above: Ventral view of Sarraceniopus gibsoni, the pitcher plant mite. Magnification again around 100X but could be closer to 400X. Interestingly, there's another Sarraceniopus species that's found within the pitchers of Darlingtonia and other species in the same family that inhabit the pitchers of Nepenthes.
Apologies for the lack of scale. I couldn't locate those eyepieces. Maybe next time. I'll work on the photo quality, too. I was just messing around while waiting for the autoclave.
