Mystery Bug Research Paper

The mystery powder is living, however, it is no longer alive. While placing it under a dissecting microscope under a 450x magnification, it was easy to come to the conclusion that it was a bug, due to the distinguishable body type, including a pair of eyes. In biology, a list was constructed that had “characteristics of living things.” The list was composed of characteristics such as: movement, eating, breathing, reproduce, produce water, and have a life cycle, to name a few. Because the bug was dead, it was nearly impossible to compare it to any of the characteristics on the this. However, the anatomy could be compared. While the type of bug is unknown, the bug was black, along with some other few bugs of the same petri dish, which is most likely believed to be the same type.
By using upper illumination, it was clear that the bug had a shiny “coat” on it, due to the light reflected off of it, which appeared to be a green and red color.
There wasn’t much time to look at the bug, therefore, there is not much evidence to be used in supporting the claim that the mystery powder is black little bugs. However, an idea to furthermore support the stated evidence of the powder being bugs, would be to find out the region or environment the bugs came from, and research bug species in the area, and try to compare images or descriptions to the microscope image. On the other hand, 450x was the greatest magnification allowed for the microscope used. Microscopes are rather expensive, however, buying or obtaining one with a higher power may allow more features to come
up. For example, the simple anatomy for insects is an antennae, head, thorax, abdomen, and six legs. With a higher power microscope that could classify the bug as an insect, that may eliminate many possible species of what the bug may or may not be.