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Photo#701686
Parasitic mite larva on weevil, posterior crop - Leptus

Parasitic mite larva on weevil, posterior crop - Leptus
Sandia Mountains, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
September 2, 2012
Size: 0.61 mm body
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This image is based on the same image stack as the posterior view:



but using a subset of precropped images focused on and framing the head alone to provide a better construction thereof.

This image is from a CombineZP processed stack of 52 images with a 2.7 µm step taken with a Mitutoyo BD Plan APO 20X/0.42 microscope objective + Nikon 300 mm F4 AF ED IF macro lens + Nikon D300 camera (magnification 30X; technique described here).

Images of this individual: tag all
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