Twelve Insects And Microscopic Animals From 2019 Photomicrography Competition

AmyBrown

Oct 28, 2019 3:00 PM EDT

Get ready to dive in a small, but huge, world! The Annual Nikon Small World Contest features the best of the best when it comes to micro photography, all taken with a Nikon camera! And while there is so much beauty in the small details of nature, we've only gather the insects and animal photography below.

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01
Fluorescent Turtle Embryo (1st Place Winner)

via Nikon Small World / Teresa Zgoda
02
Alligator embryo developing nerves and skeleton (3rd Place Winner)

via Nikon Small World / Daniel Smith Paredes
03
Male mosquito (4th Place Winner)

via Nikon Small World / Jan Rosenboom
04
Small white hair spider (6th Place Winner)

via Nikon Small World / Javier Rupérez
05
Mosquito larva (12th Place Winner)

via Nikon Small World / Anne Algar
06
Female Oxyopes dumonti (lynx) spider (14th Place Winner)

via Nikon Small World / Antoine Franck
07
Pregnant Daphnia magna (small planktonic crustacean) (15th Place Winner)

via Nikon Small World / Marek Miś
08
Octopus bimaculoides embryo (19th Place)

via Nikon Small World /Martyna Lukoseviciute
09
13.5 day old mouse embryo rendered transparent for visualization of nerves (light blue) and endothelial cells (e.g. blood vessels, dark blue). (Image of Distinction)

via Nikon Small World / Nathan Burns
10
Louse hanging from a hair (Honorable Mention)

via Nikon Small World / Dr. Walter Ferrari
11
Stomoxys calcitrans (stable fly) (Image of Distinction)

via Nikon Small World / Özgür Kerem Bulur
12
Phantom Midge Larva (Image of Distinction)

via Small World Nikon / Christopher Algar