![2 different microscopic magnifications of an earwig.](http://static.sciencelearn.org.nz/images/images/000/000/525/full/More-detail-with-microscopes20151114-15000-davjmd.jpg?1674164438)
Microscopes increase the amount of detail we can see. When an earwig is viewed with the naked eye, hairs on its abdomen are scarcely visible. At 30x magnification on a scanning electron microscope (left), individual hairs can be distinguished, and at 600x (right), you can see differences in the length and shape of individual hairs.