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Metallic

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  • Pin Head, artwork of the brain
  • Looking up from underneath a microscope
  • Brown jumping spider (unknown species)
  • Blister pack of chloroquine antimalarial tablets. Chloroquine is used to prevent and treat the infectious disease malaria. Malaria is caused by parasites (Plasmodium species) which enter the blood when inefcted mosquitoes feed. Side effects of chloroquine include vomitting, nausea and headache. Retinopathy (damage to the retina) is a rare eye condition associated with long term use over many years. Drug resistance against antimalarials is increasing.
  • Graphite, SEM
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Catalogue

    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Blue Bee (unknown species)

    Macroscopic Solutions
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Brown jumping spider (unknown species)

    Macroscopic Solutions
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Graphite, SEM

    Khuloud T. Al-Jamal, Houmam Kafa, Noelia Rubio, Belén Ballesteros, Serene Tay & Michael Cicirko
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) beetle

    Macroscopic Solutions
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Fairy fly (Himopolynema), parasitoid wasp

    Andrew Polaszek, Natural History Museum
All works (24)

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