2017 Photomicrography Competition

Common Mestra butterfly (Mestra amymone) eggs, laid on a leaf of Tragia sp. (Noseburn plant)

David Millard

Location
Austin, Texas, USA
Technique
Incident Illumination, Image Stacking
Magnification
7.5x (objective lens magnification)

Exaerete frontalis (orchid cuckoo bee) from the collections of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Levon Biss

Affiliation
Levon Biss Photography Ltd
Ramsbury, United Kingdom
Technique
Reflected Light
Magnification
10x (objective lens magnification)

3rd trimester fetus of Megachiroptera (fruit bat

Dr. Rick Adams

Affiliation
University of Northern Colorado
Department of Biological Sciences
Greeley, Colorado, USA
Technique
Darkfield, Stereomicroscopy
Magnification
18x