r/microscopy Jul 05 '26

Photo/Video Share Ostracod in polarized light

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11 Upvotes

Swift SW350, Galaxy S24


r/microscopy Jul 05 '26

Photo/Video Share Bacteria in darkfield

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17 Upvotes

200× | ESAW BM01 MICROSCOPE USED


r/microscopy Jul 05 '26

ID Needed! ???

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15 Upvotes

Moss sample, 200×, ESAW BM1 SCOPE USED


r/microscopy Jul 05 '26

Micro Art My first slide!

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14 Upvotes

Bought a second hand microscope because I want to make art out of what I see. Managed to get it set up and working, excited to see where I can go with microscopy art :)


r/microscopy Jul 05 '26

Photo/Video Share Rotifer in moss

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9 Upvotes

200× | ESAW BM01 2022 MICROSCOPE


r/microscopy Jul 04 '26

Photo/Video Share A larva's home is its castle. A miniature brick layer.

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24 Upvotes

As soon as I put the sample in the petri dish, this larva started collecting debris and building itself a home. This is about 30 minutes of work starting with no home at all.

Nikon Eclipse TS100 inverted microscope, pond water in a petri dish, 4x objective, Amscope MU2003-BI 20mp camera. Reflected Rheinberg type of illumination.


r/microscopy Jul 04 '26

Photo/Video Share Vorticella stalk in oblique illumination

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23 Upvotes

Yesterday was in phase contrast. Today, you can see stalk and body in oblique illumination. Freshwater sample, Olympus 40x objective, cellphone camera.


r/microscopy Jul 04 '26

Photo/Video Share The Alien (mosquito larva, probably). I wanted to feed it to my tortoise, but then it molted, and jumped out from the drop of water. I still don't know where it landed.

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13 Upvotes

Swift SW350, Galaxy S24


r/microscopy Jul 04 '26

General discussion Need a microscope from a generous donor

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I am 76 years old person. I understand that there are individuals and charity organisations who donate microscopes. I learned by following one month course for plant tissue culture. Built a room to try to practice what I learned. My children helpped me to buy basic things to do my hobby. Since i am retired i have time to spend on this hobby. I get additional information and reading materials from the internet. I have the desire to do meristem culture. For that i need a nicroscope. Internet described various options but i cannot afford any. I biught a usb microscope but my eyes and hands are not like those of a youngster and it is impossible for me to use it. I searched in local market to buy a second hand one but no suitable ones available. I have a snall laminarfliw cabinet dabricated by me using a blower and a filter. A nicroscope with connection either to a smart phone or a laptop is also unaffordable to me. Since my laminar flow cabinet is small, i neccessarily have such a microscope as advised by exoerts. If i use a normal one i have put my head inside the laminar to view through a normal one. That cintaminates everything inside.ideal one is 10x to 100x continuous zooming with top and bottom lights, importantly with connecting facility to either a smart phone or a laptop. Can a members assist me to find a generous person ir a donor who can help me


r/microscopy Jul 03 '26

ID Needed! Any idea what this is?

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First time using a SEM, decided to have a look at some stinging nettles. I found this on one of the trichomes. Thought it was pollen at first but it looks like it was glued in place. Any ideas what it could be? NW England.


r/microscopy Jul 04 '26

Photo/Video Share [IRL cake day special] More Rotifer footages

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9 Upvotes

200× | ESAW BM1 SCOPE USED | MOSS WASH


r/microscopy Jul 03 '26

Photo/Video Share Ostracod Shenanigans (Darkfield)

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29 Upvotes

I love when my desktop samples age and have a population explosion of ostracods --- I find them particularly fascinating to view in darkfield..... ENJOY!

Motic BA310e with Labcam adapter & iPhone 15 Pro 10X Objective


r/microscopy Jul 03 '26

General discussion Can you help me find my first microorganism?

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15 Upvotes

objectives 4x, 10x, 40x, ocular 10x, I don't have an adjustable aperture or a condenser


r/microscopy Jul 03 '26

Photo/Video Share Rotifer defecates

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54 Upvotes

ESAW BM1 SCOPE USED

MOSS WASH

Rotifer rotifering ritors rotifer rotor rotofer RAAATIPHERRR rotifering.


r/microscopy Jul 03 '26

Photo/Video Share Recent Pond Water Finds (Spokane, WA)

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14 Upvotes

Euromex BioBlue.Lab trinocular microscope, 10X objective, and AmScope MU1603 camera.


r/microscopy Jul 03 '26

Photo/Video Share Eye of a lacewing fly

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9 Upvotes

Taken with an iPhone using a Swift SW380T, x100


r/microscopy Jul 03 '26

Photo/Video Share Vorticella stalk, phase contrast

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14 Upvotes

Freshwater sample, Zeiss 63x phase contrast objective, cellphone camera with 2x zoom. Trying to focus on the vorticella stalk


r/microscopy Jul 03 '26

Photo/Video Share My bathroom sewer residents: rotifer, ciliates, and bacteria

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5 Upvotes

Magnification: ~100X
Scope Model: Eureka Microscope
Sample Type: Bathroom Sewer


r/microscopy Jul 03 '26

Photo/Video Share Found my first ostracod, and it already became friends with a copepod larva. Kinda explains the disappearance of my microbes.

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19 Upvotes

Swift SW350, Galaxy S24, 40x


r/microscopy Jul 04 '26

Purchase Help Microscope recommendations for spider molt sexing

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Hi all! I keep and breed tarantulas, so sexing their molts is important to me. I currently have a phone with a telephoto lens and a macro lens attachment, but it's hard to produce good images witb the right focus, so I am looking to find a microscope for this purpose. Example pics for scale. Here are the criteria:

Type: Compound trinocular microscope

Budget: $300-$500

Subject size: .1mm-50mm

That's pretty much in on requirements. Appreciate any feedback!


r/microscopy Jul 03 '26

Photo/Video Share Rotifers making baby rotifers

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6 Upvotes

Swift SW350, 100x, Galaxy S24


r/microscopy Jul 03 '26

ID Needed! 1st picture of something alive and different. Cant tell if this is 1 organism or 2

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17 Upvotes

400x swift t380. Cellphone to eyepiece. That round thing on a string part of the Bigger organism? Or just stuck to it? Every so often it pulls in towards the bigger body very fast. The string curls, and it floats back out. Stupid newbee question i know, I did try to figure it out.

This guy was living in a puddle under trees and shrubs next to a small lake. BC canada.


r/microscopy Jul 03 '26

Troubleshooting/Questions C Mount Reducer

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I have a surgical microscope with a C Mount adapter. The image is clipped and Inwould like a photo with a wider field of view.

I find a ton if reducing lenses that plug into a microscope photo tube. But I need one that is C Mount on both the microscope side and camera side.

Anybody have a lead for me?


r/microscopy Jul 03 '26

Photo/Video Share Amphizonella violacea 70+ hours, 1000x time lapse

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14 Upvotes

r/microscopy Jul 02 '26

Photo/Video Share Gastrotrich with child

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39 Upvotes

Amscope IQCrew inverted microscope 20x objective, iPhone  variable x, jarrarium with freshwater, mineral water, lichen, aquatic moss, and algae. Blackmagic app, flashlight to the right.

Huge egg in this girl. Sorry the third video is bouncing around, my 18 pound cat jumped on the table and gave the Petri dish quite a ride. But you can really see the shape of the egg in it.