The towering monster pictured above is a louse. Some of the most fascinating (and creepy) 3-D images are insects and spiders, shot with microscopic lenses to show astonishing detail. I have not found one single website with a comprehensive gallery of such images, but I have found three online resources that are worth seeing.

The 3D Bugs gallery at 3dimages.co.uk has two pages, with 16 3-D photos of beetles, fleas, lice, flies, weevils, mosquitos, and other crawlies.

The 3D Insects gallery (12 images) and the 3D Spiders gallery (12 images) are part of the portfolio of photographer Wim van Egmond.

Finally, also by Wim van Egmond is The Fly in 3D!, a special pictorial feature on the Microscopy-UK website.