2012 Photomicrography Competition
Image of Distinction
2012 Photomicrography Competition
Dr. Ward B. Strong
BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
Kalamalka Forestry Centre
Vernon,
British Columbia, Canada
- Subject Matter:
A larva of a human botfly, Dermatobia hominis. The bands of retrorse teeth kept it well-anchored until surgically removed from the skin of its human host
- see: Fly (10x)- Technique:
Light microscopy with focal stacking
see: image stacking