Taken with Olympus BHS, Olympus S Plan Apo 60/1.40, DIC illumination. 41 image stack. It is very transparent, so stacking was done in 4 sections to retain surface detail.
It measures about 140 microns long and 50 microns wide. (0.0055 x 0.002 inch)
Euglypha brachiata
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Euglypha brachiata
I collected some mosses and mud from a small stream where I have always found testate amoebae present. This is a species I really like, and I must have spent about 3 hours just looking for one and getting it onto a slide.
Taken with Olympus BHS, Olympus S Plan Apo 60/1.40, DIC illumination. 41 image stack. It is very transparent, so stacking was done in 4 sections to retain surface detail.
It measures about 140 microns long and 50 microns wide. (0.0055 x 0.002 inch)
Taken with Olympus BHS, Olympus S Plan Apo 60/1.40, DIC illumination. 41 image stack. It is very transparent, so stacking was done in 4 sections to retain surface detail.
It measures about 140 microns long and 50 microns wide. (0.0055 x 0.002 inch)
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Beautiful work Charles. As usual though, I went off to Google this guy and learned it's shell is a test. That led me off on another search to find out just what biosilica is and how it's made. Not sure I understood everything, but I know more than I did before. 
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Hello Charles!
Very interesting for me. I have never seen the two "arms" of Euglypha brachiata. I am also thinking (like David) to excavate my boots!
Franz
Very interesting for me. I have never seen the two "arms" of Euglypha brachiata. I am also thinking (like David) to excavate my boots!
Franz
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Re: Euglypha brachiata
Charles, another perfect and beautiful image. Thanks for sharing it, it's a true pleasure to see.
I'm intrigued in how can you obtain so little focusing steps.Charles Krebs wrote:Olympus S Plan Apo 60/1.40, DIC illumination. 41 image stack.
Pau
Stunning preparation and photography, you are THE master.
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Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
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Thanks all.
A little embarrassing detail about the search...
After much time filtering and sifting through the collected matter I had finally found a nice specimen.
After cautiously transferring a drop of water containing the amoeba to a slide, I clumsily and accidentally flipped the slide over on my workbench.](./images/smilies/eusa_wall.gif "Brick wall")
Fortunately, my workroom is situated in a part of the house where my wife could not hear my vivid vocalizations.
So I went back to the stereo and the sifted material and was fortunate enough to find this one.
A little embarrassing detail about the search...
After much time filtering and sifting through the collected matter I had finally found a nice specimen.
After cautiously transferring a drop of water containing the amoeba to a slide, I clumsily and accidentally flipped the slide over on my workbench.
Fortunately, my workroom is situated in a part of the house where my wife could not hear my vivid vocalizations.
So I went back to the stereo and the sifted material and was fortunate enough to find this one.
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