CDC_11739_Cimex_lectularius_SEM.jpg
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ID#: 11739
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 you can see the insect’s skin piercing mouthparts it uses to obtain its blood meal, as well as a number of its six jointed legs.
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| Author | Janice Harney Carr, Center for Disease Control |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
, part of the
United States Department of Health and Human Services
, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties. As a work of the
U.S. federal government
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