Thanks for the information Charles and pwnell. Seems that a Taxonomy guide is pretty useless if you mistake a bundle of cilia for a flagella and spend all your time looking in the wrong section of the guide. :? Also I hope that the images I get are a bit better after a good clean. Again thanks for y...

Hi, wondered if anyone could help with an ID of this organism I found in my local freshwater pond. I estimate the size at about 100um. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdTK3l35W_s I seem to have a bit of dirt on the lens train - if anyone has a preferred method for lens cleaning I would appreciate a ...

Thanks for the positive comments - I think that it more to do with the subject rather than anything that I have done. Regarding my setup -it is nothing special I am afraid. The microscope is a cheap trinocular that I bought on e-bay - it does not have any branding and I assume that it is probably Ch...

Film of Rotifer Asplanchna (unless there is anyone that would like to correct my identification as I am not an expert). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60ydV_etz4k I''ve not come across a rotifer before that is quite as transparant - the organs are quite visible. Can anyone help with identifying them...

Film of Chironomidae larvae, possibly Corynoneura genus.

It seems to find something adhering to the stem of some pond weed particularly tasty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxpMQ46_3Mw

Thanks for the positve comments and the move to the main forum. For most microsope forums/websites I would not have hesitated sending the film into the main site but the contributions to this forum are the best that I have seen - awe inspiring and simply the best and most consistent on the web that ...

Hi, Attached film is of 2 organisms collected from south-east coast of UK using a home made plankton net. The local youths seemed to take quite an interest in a grown man pulling a pair of ladies tights and a small jar along a jetty with a piece of string. I have no idea of the species ID, so if any...

Hi Planapo - thanks for the ID confirmation. Lets hope that there are no cases of microscopist itch. Mitch -thanks for the feedback - I agree that the brightness of the background is particularly disappointing - image from the scope is bright but at the moment the camera seems to reproduce it as qui...

Hi, my first post so I hope that you find it of interest. The film quality is a bit amateurish but I was taking the site's name at face value - whereas I think that all the other pictures posted on the site are the best that I have seen. Thanks to everyone for the hours of fun and amazement I have h...