By:Molly Gibson (mollyg) on June 24, 2009
Tags: sciences , of , academy , california , nanogigapan , nano , micro , sem , ant , brian , fisher

This is a side view of an ant magnified 500x using the scanning electron microscope. This sample was given to us by Brian Fisher, a scientist from the California Academy of Sciences.

This ant is from the species Proceratium MG03 which is thought to be a specialized predator of spider eggs.

This Gigapan is part of the NanoGigaPan project. Which is working to take high resolution images of very small things.

Read more on the project blog at http://nanogigapan.blogspot.com

and see more of our work on the gigapan site at http://gigapan.org/profiles/mollyg

For some optical images of this particular ant species, please visit ant web.

http://www.antweb.org/description.do?rank=species&name=mg03&genus=proceratium&project=madants

Date Taken: June 24, 2009
Date Added: June 24, 2009
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Total Views: 983 views
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Size: 0.16 gigapixels
Field of View: 53.8 degrees wide, 22.6 degrees high
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