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Phoretic deutonymph with adhesive stalk, ventral
Copyright © 2011 Edward L. Ruden

Phoretic deutonymph with adhesive stalk, ventral
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
November 7, 2011
Size: 0.8 mm
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This image is from a CombineZP processed stack of 405 images with a 0.9 micron step taken with a Nikon LWD M Plan 20X 0.4NA microscope objective + extension + Nikon D300 camera.

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Phoretic deutonymph, dorsal Phoretic deutonymph with adhesive stalk, ventral Phoretic deutonymph, ventral closeup Phoretic deutonymph, lateral Phoretic deutonymphs, in situ cluster
Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 5 December, 2011 - 8:08am
Last updated 5 December, 2011 - 5:52pm

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