Which lab instrument would be most useful for looking at large insects collected in pit traps?

The dissecting microscope would help the most in this case. This object does not use high levels of magnification, so it would assist with larger insects, which do not need to be magnified much to be seen well. In addition, the use of light reflected from the surface of the object would be of more use than trying to pass light through the object, which is more typical of a compound light microscope.

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