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NM pinyon needle scale adult male Specimen 3, dorsal right halter - Matsucoccus acalyptus - male
Copyright © 2015 Edward L. Ruden

NM pinyon needle scale adult male Specimen 3, dorsal right halter - Matsucoccus acalyptus - Male
Kirtland AFB, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
Size: 1.72 mm body length
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This image is from a CombineZP processed stack of 300 images with a 1.8 µm step taken with a Mitutoyo BD Plan APO 50×/0.55 ∞/0 mm microscope objective + Nikon 105 mm F2.5 AI portrait lens + Nikon D300 camera (magnification 26.25×; technique described here).

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 7 March, 2015 - 8:26pm
Last updated 7 May, 2015 - 10:02pm

Moved
Moved from Matsucoccidae.
… Edward L. Ruden, 7 May, 2015 - 10:02pm

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