microscopy Tag Posts Index

Tardigrades: The Indestructible Travelers of the Microscopic World

Image: Gross, Vladimir; Mayer, Georg | CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Tardigrades: The Indestructible Travelers of the Microscopic World In 2007, a small capsule

Polarized Microscopy of Epsom Salt

This post marks my first attempt at experimenting with polarized microscopy, and I was genuinely unprepared for how striking the results would be. Using something

Life Under the Microscope

Hello PhotographyLovers! For my first post in this community, I wanted to share a type of photography I have not seen much of in this group, microscopy. I have been

Micrasterias americana

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Micrasterias americanaNovember 24, 2025Kent County, Michigan, USA Link to original community LatitudeLongitude

Closterium karnakense

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Closterium karnakenseNovember 21, 2025Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Link to original community LatitudeLongitude

Micrasterias denticulata

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Micrasterias denticulataNovember 2, 2025Kent County, Michigan, USA Link to original community LatitudeLongitude

Genus Volvox

Latin nameObservation dateLocation VolvoxNovember 3, 2025Kent County, Michigan, USA Link to original community LatitudeLongitude 43.2580147113-85.6879043457

Genus Gyrosigma

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Genus GyrosigmaSeptember 30, 2025Ottawa County, Michigan, USA Link to original community LatitudeLongitude 42.9770256315-85.8312442922

Pediastrum duplex

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Pediastrum duplexSeptember 3, 2025Kent County, Michigan, USA Link to original community LatitudeLongitude 43.0701274296-85.472610781

Stauridium tetras

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Stauridium tetrasSeptember 3, 2025Kent County, Michigan, USA Link to original community LatitudeLongitude 43.0701239393-85.4726156984

Pediastrum duplex

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Pediastrum duplexAugust 23, 2025Kent County, Michigan, USA Link to original community LatitudeLongitude 43.2579720829-85.687915955

Micrasterias pinnatifida

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Micrasterias pinnatifidaAugust 17, 2025Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Link to original community LatitudeLongitude

Acanthocystis turfacea

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Acanthocystis turfaceaAugust 16, 2025Middleville, Michigan, USA Link to original community LatitudeLongitude

While you sleep, these bugs throw a party on your face

While you sleep, these bugs throw a party on your face This demodex mite from a skin sample is shown under a microscope. You can check a small video of it from the

Ceriodaphnia

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Genus CeriodaphniaDecember 2, 2024Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Link to original community LatitudeLongitude 42.9800594614-85.83181122

Rotifers (Phylum Rotifera)

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Phylum RotiferaNovember 26, 2024Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Link to original community LatitudeLongitude 42.979228196-85.8350203011

Daphnia ephemeralis

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Daphnia ephemeralisNovember 19, 2024Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Link to original community LatitudeLongitude 42.991593-85.737889

Simocephalus mixtus

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Simocephalus mixtusNovember 15, 2025Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Link to original community LatitudeLongitude

Closterium moniliferum

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Closterium moniliferumNovember 15, 2024Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Link to original community LatitudeLongitude

Testate amoebae (Genus Arcella)

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Genus ArcellaNovember 10, 2024Rogue River State Game Area, Michigan, USA Link to original community LatitudeLongitude