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Image of figeater beetle

Image of figeater beetle

Description:

At a low magnification of 47X, this scanning electron micrograph (SEM) focused on the head region of an adult figeater beetle, Cotinis mutabilis. In this particular view, one of the insect’s two compound eyes, i.e., right eye, is visualized. For even greater magnifications of the surface of the eye, see PHIL 9950, 9951, and 9952.
Created: 2007

Source Information

license
cc-publicdomain
photographer
Janice Carr
provider
Public Health Image Library