I was looking at some Giant Whiteflies(an introduced pest) on a Xylosma bush in my yard when I noticed some tiny parasites on the Whitefly nymphs. I took a look through one of my microscopes and found Encarsiella noyesii, an introduced parasite from Mexico. brought in by researchers at UCR to help control this pest. An iPhone shot through an eyepiece.
Great capture! I have taken advantage of the small lens size of the iPhone to play with kaleidoscope shots! I would have tried the same thing with a microscope!
