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Walkingstick, ventral head - Parabacillus hesperus - female
Copyright © 2016 Edward L. Ruden

Walkingstick, ventral head - Parabacillus hesperus - Female
Pena Blanca Canyon, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
July 27, 2013
Size: 42 mm sans antennae
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This image is from a CombineZP processed stack of 174 images with a 5.6 µm step taken with a Mitutoyo M Plan APO 10×/0.28 ∞/0 mm microscope objective + Nikon 135 mm F2.8 AIS telephoto lens + Nikon D810 camera (magnification 6.75×; technique described here).

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Walkingstick, dorsal - Parabacillus hesperus - female Walkingstick, ventral - Parabacillus hesperus - female Walkingstick, dorso-lateral head - Parabacillus hesperus - female Walkingstick, ventral head - Parabacillus hesperus - female
Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 24 January, 2016 - 10:38am

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