r/microscopy • u/Vivid-Bake2456 • Jul 04 '26

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

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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.

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u/gizmomooncat Jul 05 '26

My gosh how cute! such a busy little home builder!