Rockstar Photographers: Steve Gschmeissner & The Bug Portraits

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Scientific photographer Steve Gschmeissner uses a Micrograph or a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) to capture various specimens at up to a million times their original size:

Larva of a Bluebottle Fly (Protophormia sp.)

Wasp (order Hymenoptera).

Honey Bee (Apis sp.)

Yellow Dung Fly (Scatophaga stercoraria).

Dog Flea (Ctenocephalides canis).

Tropical Caterpillar (order Lepidoptera).

Common Housefly (Musca domestica).

More photos here [via The Telegraph].

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