ID#: 9897
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At a low magnification of 23X, this scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image showed the head region from an anterior view of a female velvet ant, Dasymutilla sp. Note the two laterally positioned eyes, the anterior pair of antennae, each attached to the head by a rounded scape, the numerous hairs, or setae, adorning almost all exterior surfaces, and the jointed legs, from which the insect’s phylum, Arthropoda, is derived. Also see PHIL 4638, 6363, and 6364, for photographs of the ant revealing its coloration, and velvety covering of external chitinous hairs.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Michael and Paula Smith
Creation Date: 2007
Photo Credit: Janice Haney Carr
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