I am wondering if this cute bug is a Hibiscus Harlequin Bug that I found in Dalby Qld?
Bright-field microscopy. In brackish pond surface water.
Mag. 400x
Medium sized Closterium (240µ long). Moderately curved. Apical vesicles, containing numerous crystals, are spherical. (Apical vesicles in C. leibleinii are more triangular.)
L = 240µ
W = 40µ
L/W = 6
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Taken 05/06/2016. Credit: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas
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