The Blob or Sunrise from Mercury

augusthouse · Post by **augusthouse** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 10:01 pm

Wasn't sure where to put this.

Can anyone indicate what they think it may be - pollen, etc?

It was found in the hairy parts of a moth from Madagascar.

Craig

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 11:40 pm

Some mallow pollen looks like the spiky spheres.

--Rik

augusthouse · Post by **augusthouse** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 12:02 am

Thanks Rik,

I'll see if I can isolate it and have a better look.

Came across these images during a Google search.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/ ... hotography

http://www.photoshelter.com/c/visualsun ... eV6aAr0GA/

http://www.micronaut.ch/sidemenu/show/t ... ation/home

Craig

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:00 am

Pollen. What species

SEM images, like you have found, really excel at showing pollen (compared to an optical microscope).