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homas Eisner, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor
of biology, is renowned for his pioneering
work in chemical ecology. He is also a remarkable
photographer. This photograph shows Mexican
bean beetle larvae feeding on a leaf. It was
taken with a Wild M400 photomicroscope, which magnified
the larvae 470 times.
"Pictures convey the sense of beauty that draws so
many of us to biology in the first place," Eisner said in
a catalogue that accompanied an exhibit of his photographs
at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington,
DC. "A day in the field with camera, or with the
photomicroscope in the studio I have built beside our
house in the Ithaca woods, is my idea of heaven."
A heaven with some hellish-looking creatures.
—Paul Cody, MFA '87
CORNELL MAGAZINE
88