1. Hydrothermal Worm
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2. Eyelash Hairs
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3. Human Head Lice
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4. A Tarantula's 8 Eyes
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5. Cleptoparasitic Bee
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6. A Maggot
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7. The Surface Of A Strawberry
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8. A Wasp's Head
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9. A Daddy Long Legs
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10. The Head Of A Bedbug
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11. The Head Of A Mosquito
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12. A Termite
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13. A Common House Fly
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14. Another Maggot
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15. A Dust Mite
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16. A Chicken Embryo
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17. A Marine Worm
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18. A Water Mite
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19. A Marine Worm
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20. An Ant Head
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21. Your Tooth
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22. A Clamworm
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23. Worm Polychaete
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24. A Caterpillar
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25. A Butterfly
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A wood or heathland ant, Formica fusca, holding a microchip1
The surface of an Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory silicon microchip2
Eyelash hairs growing from the surface of human skin3
Picture #4 was removed by admin
Bacteria on the surface of a human tongue5
Human sperm (spermatozoa), the male sex cells6
The nylon hooks and loops of velcro7
Household dust which includes long hairs such as cat fur, twisted synthetic and woolen fibers, serrated insect scales, a pollen grain, plant and insect remains8
The weave of a nylon stocking9
The end of the tongue (proboscis) of a hummingbird hawkmoth10


Fimbriae of a Fallopian tube21
A daisy bud22
Calcium phosphate crystal23
The shell of a foraminiferan24


Under the microscope: Two grains of cocksfoot grass pollen, a major cause of hay fever
Anything but plain: A plane tree pollen grain
The images were taken by retired scientific photographer Steve Gschmeissner using an SEM so powerful objects invisible to the naked eye can be brought into sharp relief.
The detailed pictures unlock the hidden 3D patterns of the grains, which individually are not noticed when breathed in, but en-mass are the seasonal bane of millions of sufferers.
Colourful: A chickweed pollen grain from a chickweed flower
Summertime blues: Pollen grains from the Artemisia plant, a type of mugwort
Grass pollens and others like rape seed are well known causers of the allergic reaction as the tiny grains enter the respiratory system and trigger sneezes, itchy throats, running noses and watery eyes.
Allergy UK advises hayfever sufferers to keep windows closed especially in the early mornings and evenings when the pollen count is at its highest.
As many as 32 million Britons could suffer from pollen related allergies - up from the current number of 15 million.
Cool: Believe it or not, cucumber pollen grains, pictured here, can be just as irritating to hay fever sufferers
Alien: An elder tree pollen grain magnified millions of times
Exotic fruit? No, it's nothing more than common ragweed pollen grains
Pain in the grass: These grass pollen grains are a major cause of summer allergies