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Image of figeater beetle

Image of figeater beetle

Description:

At a low magnification of 21X, this scanning electron micrograph (SEM) focused on the head region of an adult figeater beetle, Cotinis mutabilis. Note the insect’s two overlapping mandibles. For successively greater magnifications of this region with its exoskeletal features PHIL 9953, 9955, 9956, 9957 and 9958.
Created: 2007

Source Information

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