Friday Beautiful Science

Horrible mutant lovecraftian lemon
Originally uploaded by stevelewalready

Check out this cool lemon:

infected by [Eriophyes] sheldoni, the citrus bud mite.

The photographer called it a

Horrible mutant lovecraftian lemon.

I'm not sure I'd agree with the horrible part. Well, the mutant part is wrong, too (they're developmentally messed up, not genetically messed up). For more cool Lovecraftian lemons, click here.

Happy Friday.