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  • Human tongue
  • Stingray or skate (Batoidea) fossilised tooth
  • Human eye with blue iris
  • Brown jumping spider (unknown species)
  • Fruit Fly, Anterior
  • Blue Weevil, Close-up
  • Bee (Anthophora)
  • Chia (Salvia hispanica) seeds
  • Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio)
  • Cotton fibres
  • Snowflake
  • Green Beetle (more info req)
  • Yellow Jacket Wasp, anterior view
  • Chromatophores from Hawaiian Bobtail Squid
  • Bumble bee (Bombus) head
  • Blue Weevil, Anterior
  • Human tongue
  • Bullet Ant, Paraponea cravat
  • The Thorn Spider (Gasteracantha cancriformis) is a neotropical spider of the Micrathena schreibersi species of orb weavers (Araneidae). The spider has a wide distribution throughout Central and South America. Females are large and brightly colored, and have a triangular abdomen with black margins and 10 prominent spines. Males are smaller and less conspicuous than females and are less frequently encountered.
  • Hornfaced bee (Osmia cornifrons) stinger
  • Blue Weevil, Lateral
  • Human dermis scar tissue
  • Eyelash root
  • Mosquito (unknown species)
  • Louse (Pediculus humanus humanus)
  • House fly (Musca domestica)
  • Human mustache hair
  • Human eye with blue iris
  • Tick
  • Blue Weevil, Close-up