Alex Hyde Photography

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Stinging hair from a stinging nettle {Urtica dioica}. The silicified tip is brittle and snaps off easily if the nettle is brushed. False colour scanning electron micrograph, x1235 magnification when printed at 10cm across.

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2596x1978 / 1.2MB

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Electron, SEM, Scanning Electron Micrograph, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Urtica, Urtica dioica, animals, background, black, close up, cutout, dioica, false color, hair, nettle, organism, painful, plants, sharp, silicified, sting, stinging, stinging nettle, stings, textbook, website

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