hand lens
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Attendees are shown how to use an insect net to brush through the long grass, and a hand lens to identify what they find.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
“We needed to lay on our bellies with a hand lens to observe the plant,” Guilliams said in an email.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2023
No hand lens is required to diagnose anthracnose, or the most common abiotic disorders.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2021
Occasionally, one of them would cradle it in one palm and bring a hand lens to it with the other, inspecting the carnivorous plant that was their bounty.
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2019
The latter are fewer, larger and more distinct than in white oak and it is possible to see into them with a hand lens.
From Studies of Trees by Jacob Joshua Levison
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