<p>My niece and I were taking a walk along a stream in our neighborhood and we noticed a lot of larvae in the stream. We decided to capture a single specimen and it was highly intriguing to find the tiny hair-like structures at the head and tail of the budding fly! <br/>Thank you to the Department of Medical Cell Biology for providing us with these wonderful instruments. </p><iframe class="ql-video" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/o/images%2F1b9c3520-051a-4be1-abb5-ff6fde4beb1a%2F5fc45729-5b89-4c94-8d5b-789c279ff49a.foldscope?alt=media&amp;token=2e2a178c-905b-4ad7-8a11-b64fe56ffa08"></iframe><p><img class="ql-image" src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/o/images%2F1b9c3520-051a-4be1-abb5-ff6fde4beb1a%2Faf993d66-c84f-4b5f-8b00-b957985ef968.foldscope?alt=media&amp;token=902dd3dd-8984-433a-b539-97e488e75cf4"/><img class="ql-image" src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/o/images%2F1b9c3520-051a-4be1-abb5-ff6fde4beb1a%2F031cd93f-7b3d-44c0-939c-437ee26128e5.foldscope?alt=media&amp;token=7ebe898a-6170-4084-b018-e1bf051f6865"/></p>

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