Lower Section of Spider Leg
Transmitted Oblique Off Cross Polarized Light Illumination
Definition/Function:
Significance in the Environment:
Characteristic Features:
This lower section of the spider's leg shows the setae (hairs) of the leg and their circular
Attachment.
Associated Particles:
Oblique illumination makes the human skin flakes in this field of view easy
to detect and identify. They are the colorless, equant flakes in the background that are dark
on the left margin (away from the light) and light on the right margin (toward the light) of
the particle. There are a number of other particle types in this sample including paper fiber,
clothing fiber, natural minerals, pollen grains, and more. There is one triporate pollen grain
just above the right-center of the spider leg particle. The paper and clothing fibers are on the left
of the field of view. This is one field of view from a tapelift collected in a home.
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