Jim Ehrman's silverifsh

This is an image of a silverfish taken 

with a scanning electron microscope at 

the Digital Microscopy Facility at Mount 

Allison University.

This this is a higher magnification
view of the posterior of the silverfish:

 

This is a view of the silverfish body scales.
These scales are easily shed as a
strategy to avoid predators (or
volunteering as an SEM specimen!): 

 

And finally a closeup of the end 

of the silverfish antenna: 

All images and descriptions on this entry are
© Jim Ehrman and the Digital Microscopy 

Facility at Mount Allison University and are 

used with permission.