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Photographic gallery.  Thousands of particles under the microscope.

Mite

These mite fragments were collected on an enviromental tapelift collected in an office building.

Transmitted Off Crossed Circular Polarized Light

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Mite fragments can often be identified to some level. (See Hughes, THE MITES OF STORED FOOD, 1961)