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Title: | Microscopic bedbug scanning electron micrograph. |
Description: | This digitally-colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) revealed some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed on the ventral surface of a bedbug, Cimex lectularius. From this view, at the top, you can see the insect's skin piercing mouthparts it uses to obtain its blood meal, as well as a number of its disarticulated six jointed legs. You'll also notice a beautiful diaphanous structure at the bottom of the image. It is speculated that this wondrous ultrastructural organ is most probably a scent gland, or related to the dissemination of scent, which may be pheromonal in nature. A further dissection of this, and the adjacent mesothoracic region, could possibly reveal an internalized aspect of this organ, which would be glandular in nature, and actually involved in the production of the aromatic chemical. |
By: | CDC/ Janice Haney Carr acquired from Public Health Image Library (Website) |
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Keywords: | Animals, Bed Bugs, Bedbugs, Beds, Bugs, Creatures, Electron, Hair, Insects, Micrograph, Microscopes, Microscopic, Pests, Scanning, Sem, Setae |
License: | Public Domain By downloading this image, you agree to abide by the terms of use of this license. |
PD Info: | This image is licensed under Public Domain. This image is a work of the United States government. A work of the United States government, as defined by United States copyright law, is 'a work prepared by an officer or employee of the U.S. government as part of that person's official duties.' In general, under section 105 of the Copyright Act, such works are not entitled to domestic copyright protection under U.S. law. |
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