Uh...this may be hard to explain, so please bare with me. I found these things, many of them, in one of my cultures. Unsure of what they were, I went looking in books and on the net for something, anything, similar. No such luck. Now while I was observing another wet mount with these things, cysts, ...

I like that worker bee, great shot! DOF a little off I think but that's o.k., still a wonderful image, cool ! I just noticed, you can see the little pollen sacs on his hind legs.

Jahns also references some species being twisted but I have yet to come across one. This particular species, which I should have been more correct in posting in the subject title, is Phacus longicauda, 120-170um. P. torta 80-100um twisted.

WELL DONE GRAHAM! I think it looks great on the cover page.

:D I came across this thing in a bunch of Fountain Moss collected from a cold mountain stream. They are a rareity around here in the summertime but in the winter they are frequently found. http://www.photomacrography1.net/images/Hydra_(11)_100X.JPG This particular photograph was taken some months ba...

Phacus is a flagellate, although in this photograph it is not seen. Mainly because the flagellum is quite small. However there are numerous chloroplast and a photosensitve, red, eyespot. These things are numerous in the mountain wetlands of North Carolina. 8) http://www.photomacrography1.net/images/...

I'm not much of a photographer away from the microscope but while on a hike through the mountains here in Western North Carolina, along the Blue Ridge Parkway, I came across some of the beautiful handywork of mother nature. Just thought I would share with some of you the beauty of the oldest mountai...

That's o.k. Tom, I hope that everything is back on line now.

:D Piotr, this one did not move at all during observation or photographing but eventually gave up due to a dried up slide by the time I got back to it, good thing I got the photo. As for the rare find, I thought you may have had some info that I had overlooked somewhere, sorry. From what I have read...

Coming up with some fantastic photographs there Graham Keep'm coming!

:D Went to Jahns (pg.220) and MBL. Looks like that confirms it. I have one question though, for piotr. Why would this be or look to be a rare find? I did not find anything referenceing it as a rare find but I am hoping that it is. I have read that Lacrymaria is also a rare find and are most numerous...

That is one mean looking critter! What makes the bite worse than a bee sting, Tom? I run across these things every now and then out in the woods, I am somewhat allergic to bee stings (Honey Bees)

In order to keep up with our friends "across the pond," submitted for your scrutiny, a Spiney Critter! I don't know what this is, maybe a ciliate? If so, some very large cilia! Browsed through the Protist Info Server but didn't find a match, some were close but no cigar. I found this in a jar of Fou...

:D Looks like a new Amateur Net polo shirt to me there Graham. That is one dog gone good image there. I just got back from a 50 mi. round trip to my favorite creek for samples and all you have to do is go out in the back yard, tch..tch..tch! The color and clarity is extreamly good, I especially like...

Amazing photograph, the colors are so vivid. Good work!