A bit of hyperbole it the subject header? But come on... would you have looked if I just called it "mosquito pupa?
Actually, consider this.....
-Annually, mosquito-borne diseases kill more people worldwide than any other single factor.
-The World Health Organization estimates that 300-500 million cases of malaria occur each year, resulting in 1-3 million deaths.
This pupa was photographed in a small "tank" made from a slide and cover slip glued together with a small spacer between. The "microscope" was a strange thing that I got on ebay last year, which I have set up horizontally so I can photograph small aquatic creatures in a more "natural" orientation. I used a 10X Nikon CF Plan objective on extension tubes attached directly to the Canon 10D body. This was mounted to the microscope instead of the normal nose-piece and head. The large image is a combination from a stack of 10 using HF. Lighting was an electronic flash unit positioned behind the slide.
