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Monday, November 24, 2014

Case of the Week 327

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my readers in the United States!  In appreciation for this day of celebration (which usually involves the sharing of delicious food with family and friends), I've decided to have a food-based case, which doesn't technically involve a parasite, but rather the relative of some human parasites.

The following is a French hard cheese that has been aged for 1 year.  It is known for its deep orange color and rough rind which both make it resemble a cantaloupe.
Close up of the rind:

By scraping the rind and placing the scrapings, along with a drop of saline, on a glass slide, you see the following:

Identification of these arthropods?
(I hope this doesn't turn anyone off of cheese!)