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Early male pupa, Specimen 2, glycerin treated, lateral - Pityococcus rugulosus - male
Copyright © 2016 Edward L. Ruden

Early male pupa, Specimen 2, glycerin treated, lateral - Pityococcus rugulosus - Male
Sandia Mountains, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
March 6, 2016
Size: 1.04 mm
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This image is from a CombineZP processed stack of 201 images with a 2.7 µm step taken with a Mitutoyo BD Plan APO 20×/0.42 ∞/0 mm microscope objective + Nikon 200 mm F4 AIS telephoto lens + Nikon D810 camera (magnification 20×; technique described here).

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Early male pupa within cocoon, Specimen 1, ventral - Pityococcus rugulosus - male Early male pupa, Specimen 1, dorsal - Pityococcus rugulosus - male Early male pupa, Specimen 2, glycerin treated, ventral - Pityococcus rugulosus - male Early male pupa, Specimen 2, glycerin treated, lateral - Pityococcus rugulosus - male Late male pupa, Specimen 3, dorsal - Pityococcus rugulosus - male Late male pupa, Specimen 3, ventral - Pityococcus rugulosus - male Late male pupa, Specimen 3, anterior - Pityococcus rugulosus - male Late male pupa, Specimen 4, lateral - Pityococcus rugulosus - male
Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 11 July, 2016 - 9:28pm

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