03 August 2010

Creepy Crawlies ~ Hidden Horrors at Home!

The DailyMail delivers again in this photo-essay by David Derbyshire on Hidden horrors: Extreme close-ups of the creepy crawlies that infest our homes!
"They look like aliens from some futuristic Hollywood blockbuster. But these ugly bugs have already invaded your home. Magnified over a million times, these are the true faces of the mites, flies and fleas that lurk in our carpets, sofas and kitchen cupboards. [...] The images were captured by award winning science photographer Steve Gschmeissner, 61, who uses ultra-powerful scanning electron microscopes to shed light on the microscopic world. [...] This image shows a cat flea in its favourite habitat and is magnified more than 100 times..."
There are many, many more!

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