
"weevil (Curculionidae family)"
it's snout is just over 100 microns wide

"An ant". It's eye is approximately 300 microns wide

"Pyralidae moth".Its eye is about 800 microns wide

Adult figeater beetle's maxillary galea.
At a magnification of 765 X

"An unidentified hornet"
Under a magnification of 87X

The compound eye of a noctuid moth
Each facet of the eye (ommatidium) is 25 microns wide

An unidentified insect's compound eye
Under high magnification of 5653 x

"The head region of an unidentified beetle"
Under a low magnification of 58X

"Clawed tip of an adult figeater beetle's leg"
At a magnification of 94X

"Exoskeletal surface of a male louse"
Magnified 598x

"Schistosome Parasite"
Magnified 256X

"An Anopheles dirus mosquito's antennae"
At a magnification of 1504x

"An unidentified mosquito's left antenna "
Under Low magnified 500X

Ref : http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/11/peering_into_the_micro_world.html
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