A marvelous picture of a ladybird by Syred Andrew.
Coloured scanning electron micrograph of a seven-spot ladybird beetle (Coccinella septempunctata) hovering over a flower. The ladybird’s outer wings are strengthened into a hard covering (red) which protects the delicate flight wings underneath. In a scanning electron microscope (SEM), the specimen is scanned with a beam of electrons, creating photograph-like images with an exceptional depth of field. The raw black-and-white image has been naturalistically coloured on computer.
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