Insect and Invertebrate Microscope Slides
Whole mounts and sections of insects, worms, and other invertebrate organisms.
Every slide here is a scan of a real prepared specimen, not a simulation or a drawing. Pan from the whole slide down to individual cells, always in focus, and measure structures in real micrometers. Present a slide live and every student screen follows your view and annotations. Students join with a room code on Chromebooks, iPads, or any browser, with no accounts.
31 Invertebrates slides
- Ant (Whole Mount) Formicidae: A whole mount (W.M.) preparation of an ant (labeled Ant W.M.). The specimen illustrates key hymenopteran anatomy including a large head with elbowed antennae…
- Antenna of Butterfly (Whole Mount) Lepidoptera: A whole mount preparation of a butterfly antenna displaying the characteristic capitate morphology. The specimen illustrates the segmented flagellum…
- Aphis (Whole Mount) Aphis sp.: A whole mount (W.M.) preparation of an aphid (labeled Aphis W.M.). The specimen exhibits typical hemipteran morphology, including a soft pear-shaped body…
- Butterfly Leg (Whole Mount) Lepidoptera: This whole mount slide preparation features the segmented thoracic leg of a butterfly (order Lepidoptera). The specimen clearly displays typical insect leg…
- Cockroach Mouthparts (Whole Mount) Periplaneta americana: This whole mount preparation displays the generalized chewing (mandibulate) mouthparts of a cockroach (Periplaneta americana). The image highlights the…
- Cyclops (Whole Mount) Cyclops sp.: A whole mount (W.M.) preparation of the freshwater copepod Cyclops, stained red for anatomical clarity. The specimen displays the characteristic pear-shaped…
- Daphnia (Whole Mount) Daphnia: This whole mount specimen of Daphnia, commonly known as a water flea, illustrates key morphological features of planktonic freshwater cladocerans. The body is…
- Dragonfly Leg (Whole Mount) Anisoptera: This whole mount preparation displays the appendicular structure of a dragonfly leg (order Odonata, suborder Anisoptera). Dragonfly legs are specialized…
- Dragonfly Wing (Whole Mount) Anisoptera: This whole mount preparation presents a section of a dragonfly wing (order Odonata, suborder Anisoptera), detailing its specialized biomechanical…
- Drosophila (Whole Mount) Drosophila melanogaster: A whole mount preparation of an adult fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, viewed in lateral orientation under brightfield microscopy. The specimen displays…
- Earthworm (Cross Section) Lumbricus terrestris: A cross section (C.S.) of an earthworm showcasing typical coelamate annelid structural organization. The outer wall features a thin cuticle lining an…
- Female Mosquito Mouthparts (Whole Mount) Culex: This whole mount preparation exhibits the specialized piercing-sucking mouthparts of a female mosquito (family Culicidae). Key anatomical structures extending…
- Hirudo (Transverse Section) Hirudo medicinalis: A transverse section (T.S.) of the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis, demonstrating characteristic annelid morphological organization. The section reveals…
- Honeybee Antenna (Whole Mount) Apis mellifera: A whole mount (W.M.) preparation of a honeybee antenna (labeled Honeybee antenna W.M.). The specimen clearly highlights the geniculate (elbowed) insect…
- Honeybee Foreleg (Whole Mount) Apis mellifera: A whole mount (w.m.) preparation of a honeybee foreleg. The slide highlights specialized adaptations for grooming, notably the antenna cleaner (a semicircular…
- Honeybee Mouthparts (Whole Mount) Apis mellifera: A whole mount (W.M.) preparation of the head and chewing-lapping mouthparts of a honeybee, Apis mellifera. The slide reveals the large compound eyes flanking…
- Honeybee Wing (Whole Mount) Apis mellifera: A whole mount (W.M.) preparation of a honeybee wing (labeled Honeybee Wings W.M.). The slide demonstrates the membranous hymenopteran wing structure showing…
- House Fly Leg (Whole Mount) Musca domestica: A whole mount (W.M.) preparation of a house fly leg. The slide displays typical dipteran leg segments including the coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia, and a…
- House Fly Wing (Whole Mount) Musca domestica: A whole mount (W.M.) preparation of a house fly wing. The slide illustrates translucent dipteran wing membrane with distinct venation patterns, including the…
- House Fly Wing (Whole Mount) Musca domestica: A whole mount (W.M.) preparation of a house fly wing. The slide illustrates translucent dipteran wing membrane with distinct venation patterns, including the…
- Housefly Antenna (Whole Mount) Musca domestica: This whole mount preparation displays the aristate antenna morphology characteristic of higher flies (order Diptera, suborder Brachycera, family Muscidae)…
- Housefly Mouth Parts (Whole Mount) Musca domestica: A whole mount (W.M.) preparation of the sponging-lapping mouthparts of a housefly, Musca domestica. The specimen features the proboscis structure composed of…
- Locust Testis (Transverse Section) Locusta migratoria: A transverse section (T.S.) of a locust testis (labeled Locusts testis T.S.). The slide displays cross-sections through multiple testicular follicles…
- Locust Wing (Whole Mount) Locusta migratoria: A whole mount (W.M.) preparation of a section of locust wing (labeled Locusts Wings W.M.). The specimen shows translucent orthopteran wing membrane reinforced…
- Male Mosquito Mouthparts (Whole Mount) Culex sp.: A whole mount (W.M.) preparation of the head region and mouthparts of a male mosquito. The specimen clearly displays prominent, bushy (plumose) antennae with…
- Mosquito Larva (Whole Mount) Culex sp.: A whole mount (W.M.) preparation of a mosquito larva (labeled Mosquito Larva W.M.). The specimen highlights the distinct head with prominent eye spots, a…
- Mosquito Leg (Whole Mount) Culex sp.: A whole mount (W.M.) preparation of a mosquito leg. The slide demonstrates the typical long, slender, multi-segmented leg structure characteristic of…
- Mosquito Wings (Whole Mount) Culex pipiens: A whole mount (W.M.) preparation of a mosquito wing (labeled Mosquito Wings W.M.). The slide displays characteristic dipteran wing venation along with fine…
- Oyster Gill (Cross Section) Crassostrea virginica: A cross section (c.s.) of an oyster gill (labeled Oyster gill c.s.). The slide demonstrates the complex bivalve demibranch architecture, showing w-shaped…
- Planaria (Transverse Section) Dugesia: A transverse section (T.S.) of a planarian flatworm demonstrating dorosventrally flattened triploblastic anatomy. The section reveals an outer ciliated…
- Pollen-Carrying Leg of Honeybee (Whole Mount) Apis mellifera: A whole mount (W.M.) preparation of a worker honeybee hind leg specialized for foraging. The slide clearly shows the corbicula (pollen basket) on the outer…