File:CDC 11739 Cimex lectularius SEM.jpg

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Summary

Description

English: 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.

Date

2009

Source

This media comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Image Library (PHIL), with identification number #11739.

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Author

Janice Harney Carr, Centre for Disease Control

Licensing

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