Description: English: Tribolium castaneum. Date: 2 September 2009, 21:18 (UTC). Source: http://www.genome.gov/pressDisplay.cfm?photoID=87. Author: Eric Day, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va. Permission(Reusing this file): page states "This image is freely available and may be used without special permission.".
Description: English: This monster crystal made from the crystallization of an enzyme found in the red flour beetle measures in at about 700 microns, or 0.7 mm. The unusual shape of the crystal invokes thoughts of some sort of brutal weaponry or of a post-modern art piece. I personally thought it looked like a spaceship off Star Trek when I first saw it.English: Celestial crystal of a transferase enzyme found in the red flour beetle. Date: 10 October 2017. Source: Own work. Author: Brian O' Flynn.