2012 Photomicrography Competition

Female of Varroa destructor (parasitic mite that attacks the honey bees Apis cerana and Apis mellifera)

Gilles San Martin

Affiliation
University of Louvain-la-Neuve
Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium
Technique
Reflected Light
Magnification
10x

Frustule of Cymbella diatom

Piotr Rotkiewicz

Affiliation
pirx.com
Arlington, Massachusetts, USA
Technique
Differential Interference Contrast
Magnification
200x

Bdelloid rotifers (microscopic freshwater invertebrates)

Michael Shribak Dr. Irina Arkhipova

Affiliation
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
Technique
Polarized Light
Magnification
20x