Transparent card protector sleeves (widely available online) are useful for harmlessly restraining insects for photography, including under the microscope. They're a little too shiny to be perfect so you need to arrange the lighting to avoid surface reflection. They are earier toi use in the field than the alternative - floating frames.
The PetaPixel website reports that OM System has launched a new version of the TG-7 Kit made for microscopes. The TG-7 Industry is a slightly modified TG-7 but the NY-TGV Super Adapter Kit is of most interest. I can't see any reason why this couldn't be used with any TG5, 6 or 7 camera.
I don't think this is the best or most cost-effective solution for a microscope camera, but if you already have the TG5, 6 or 7 the adapter kit might be worth checking.
The kit will be available in a few months time, UK pricing not available yet, but it is aimed at industrial users (who clearly have deep pockets).
I try and stay well away from culture wars, but it recently came to my attention that there is some new terminology I should be aware of:
Citizen Science - typically top-down. Usually initiated and managed by professional scientists or by institutions. To collect large amounts of data labour is "crowdsourced" to the public.
Community Science - typically bottom-up. Usually initiated by a group of people who have a specific concern about their environment. The community are co-creators and owners of the research and frame the question(s), design the study(ies), and interpret the results.
Rule of thumb: If a project asks you to "help us help science," it’s likely citizen science. If it asks "how can science help us?" it’s likely community science.
After a freezing start, January was mostly ... wet, limiting entomology opportunities.
