Fiorella

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Entomologist, lover of all things microscopy, microCT and 3D printing. Researcher at Macquarie University. https://fiorellamicroscopy.wordpress.com/

A 3D printed pompilid wasp head in a black sparkly filament (side view)
a photograph of a bogong moth resting on a rock
Nikki stands next to her poster on predator-prey interactions between two native insects at the ASSAB conference 2026. Her poster details her work on high speed videography analysing predatory flights of the Bembix wasp.
a 3D printed ant rests on a 3D printer bed showing all the branching supports used to print the model. The ant is printed in a dark and sparkly PLA plastic
A 3D printed jumping spider, sitting on a desk. The spider is about 25cm in length and is printed in a dark sparkly plastic.
Header slide showing a honey bee stinger and the talk title: "The honey bee stinger: from high-speed filming to 3D printing"
A fire ant in the process of being 3D printed in red PLA, some internal structures are visible
dorsal view of the head of a Rhytidoponera ant
A figure from an academic paper showing the accessory plates of the bee stinger in stills from film footage, microCT, and as 3D prints. Each shows two extreme configurations of the plates.
A graphical abstract describing the contents of a scientific publication. It shows the outline of a bee with the location of the stinger highlighted and images of microCT reconstructions of the whole stinger and its various components: the muscles, glands, neural tissue and cuticular elements.
A 3D reconstruction of the honey bee stinger rotating in space. The different parts of the stinger are assigned different colours.