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The organism I want to identify is near the top of the field of view, next to the leaf's vein. It is flattened, oval-shaped, and appears to be soft-bodied. There are two eye-spots on one end, and its body is transparent.
The photo is of the back of a fern leaf at 35x magnification. The structure on the bottom is a sorus. The fern was grown in a greenhouse, so the location may not be relevant.
I suspect that this could be a type of terrestrial mollusk. I wouldn't think it's an insect because of the lack of an exoskeleton or jointed appendages, but I suppose it could be a larval arthropod.
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Hi EricGreen,
It is likely to be a scale (a sort of plant-parasitic insect). This link is an example of it: http://bugguide.net/node/view/487942/bgi...
I can't help you with the ID, but the people at BugGuide.com might know.