Mosquito MicroArt

© 2015 DinaripperCreations "Mosquito Wing"

Wow, this took me all afternoon and I wasn't sure if it would turn out, but it did!

I'm amazed by how beautiful this is.  It looks like a watercolor.  You must click on the image to get a closer look.

When I was working on this (all 95 photos!) I observed that the veins/hairs in the wings looked like rosemary.  Yes, the herb.  The little feathery eyelash-like hairs on the edges of the wing was a big surprise too.  This does explain why mosquitoes are so annoying with their amazing flying skills.

Even horrible blood suckers such as these can be beautiful in their own way.  Mother Nature is really a neat gal.

MicroArt

"What the...?"  I can hear you say, either out loud or in your mind-thoughts.

Meet Mr. Mosquito Larvae (aka baby Culiseta longiareolata), magnified (4/0.10 160/0.17 lens) on my microscope.  Yes, I have a microscope.  Doesn't everyone?

I've blended my love for biology with photography and created a bizarrely beautiful finished image.  This was painstakingly pieced together by me with over 30 images.

Here is my first MicroArt of an ant.  Poor guy.

I find at first glance the mosquito larvae kind of looks like a fish fossil.  What do you think?

I think I may have to print these out and frame them.  Although, I'd like to do one more, but I'm not sure what.  A spider would be very cool, but also a bit scary to work on.  I'll have to give that some thought!

Hmmm, looks like I may have to give the old 'scope a good cleaning too.