For my daughter's homeschool science projects, we've been enjoying our dissecting digital microscope.
While examining a dead fly, this "parasite" crawled out of it. The Roly Poly that took me 20 min to kill - Dawn dishsoap.
bug fished from pool (pool's are perfect for finding intact/dead or atleast sedated bugs)
wasp
Earring my brother purchased for me when he was in Egypt. This is the exact flower design I had seen in Jerusalem, and on some ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Israeli Shekel
bug (hadn't identified) found in pool
If you look closely, there's a circular shape on the abdomen that resembles a pig's snout. While viewing through live video, I noticed this "snout" has tiny tentacles that protrude from the openings.
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