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Mouse embryo

Looking up from underneath a microscope

Snowflake

Grey mould (Botrytis cinerea) on strawberries

Insect Molt/Moult

Bullet ant proboscis

Knot in hair

Medicinal leech Hirudo verbena

Human tongue

Stingray or skate (Batoidea) fossilised tooth

Human eye with blue iris

Black bee (unknown species)

Anthophylax cyaneus (more info req)

Cocoon from medicinal leech Hirudo verbena

Sclera (white part) of the human eye

Yellow Jacket Wasp, anterior view

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Macroscopic Solutions

Images from the collections

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Works from the collections

Black bee (unknown species)

Anthophylax cyaneus (more info req)

Cocoon from medicinal leech Hirudo verbena

Sclera (white part) of the human eye

Yellow Jacket Wasp, anterior view

Macroscopic Solutions

Images from the collections

Images produced by Macroscopic Solutions

Works from the collections

Black bee (unknown species)

Anthophylax cyaneus (more info req)

Cocoon from medicinal leech Hirudo verbena

Sclera (white part) of the human eye

Yellow Jacket Wasp, anterior view

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