Welcome Image Awards 2012: Isn’t this moth beautiful?
by David Ng
Definitely worth taking a look. The one below is my favourite.
“This false-coloured scanning electron micrograph shows a moth fly (Psychodidae), also known as a drain fly. As its name suggests, the fly’s larvae commonly live and grow in domestic drains; the adult fly emerges near sinks, baths and lavatories. The moth flies’ bodies and wings are covered in hairs, which gives them a ‘fuzzy’, moth-like appearance. The fly is 4-5 mm long, and each eye is approximately 100 microns wide.”
By Kevin MacKenzie.
Beautiful photo… but pretty creepy to consider the hairiness of the legs… makes for great pathogen transmission.