Tarantulas under a SEM

[Goliath]

I got to play with the scanning electron microscope (SEM) the other day and we got some pictures of a molt. Some resolution was lost in the transfer of the picture through the capture device.
mike

 

[Michael G.]

Hi Mike,

impressing pics

cheers,

Michael

 

[Cirith Ungol]

Ok, let me guess
1. Tip of foot
2. fang
3. close-up of venom canal

?

Nice pics!

 

[BigBryan]

whoa thats awesome

 

[ErikH]

Very cool images. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Goliath]

Thanks everyone.

Exactly right Cirith!

Thanks,
mike

 

[Nate]

:clap: :clap: :clap:
Very cool!

 

[syndicate]

awesome!must have been fun

 

[Andros666]

it will be very useful!

 

[syndicate]

what sp is this btw?

 

[Goliath]

Thanks everyone.

Syndicate,

These came from a couple small molts, on e of which was Ceratogyrus brachycephalus and another was Citharischius crawshayi. Unfortunately I don't remeber which was which. We used these just because we were aligning the SEM and needed a disposable target that had a lot of intricate features to play with the focusing of the machine.

mike

 

[Cirith Ungol]

Ah, slings! I was wondering why the claws where so small in comparison to the hairs on the underside of the foot. Though never having seen a large T's foot that close up I wouldn't know what that looks like in comparison.