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  • Insect, SEM head, antennae, and CU antenna tip.
  • Insect, SEM head and antennae
  • A phone receiver as a creature with tails as antennae
  • A bee, five butterflies (including a pale clouded yellow), six moths and two crane flies with details of antennae. Coloured etching, ca. 1834.
  • A phone receiver [?] in the form of a creature with tails as antennae, and a body comprising an egg box opened to reveal 6 red eggs as the telephone digits [?]; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Raúl, ca. 1995.
  • A figure with condoms as antennae and a condom hanging between his legs with a three eyed figure beyond; an advertisement in Estonian and Russian by the Estonian Association "Anti-AIDS". Colour lithograph by Willem Loigom and HR & Co, ca. 1995.
  • Silk moth antenna
  • Honey bee eye & antenna
  • SEM close-up of tip of insect antenna
  • Ragworms are segmented worms with long, flattened bodies, consisting of many segments. Each segment has a pair of parapods, or swimming legs. At the head end (shown in ths image) they have a toothed proboscis, four eyes, and two pairs of antennae. Ragworms are found predominantly in muddy shorelines and often used as fishing bait. They can live up to 3 years. Some species are considered an active predator, sifting through the mud and sand for small ocean creatures, others exist as scavengers.
  • Ragworms are segmented worms with long, flattened bodies, consisting of many segments. Each segment has a pair of parapods, or swimming legs. At the head end (shown in ths image) they have a toothed proboscis, four eyes, and two pairs of antennae. Ragworms are found predominantly in muddy shorelines and often used as fishing bait. They can live up to 3 years. Some species are considered an active predator, sifting through the mud and sand for small ocean creatures, others exist as scavengers.
  • Head of a honey bee
  • Fly head
  • Head of a honeybee
  • Head of a honeybee
  • Head of a honeybee
  • Silverfish
  • Flour beetle
  • Mosquito (Anopheles stephensi)
  • Honeybee
  • Honeybee eye
  • Honeybee
  • Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) sitting on a purple flower. Bees are important pollinators and play a crucial role in promoting the growth of crops and flowers. The aposematic yellow and black banding pattern on the bee acts as a warning to deter predators.
  • Bee pupa, SEM
  • Pubic louse, ventral view, SEM.
  • Wasp head, micro-CT
  • View inside a wasp head, micro-CT
  • Head of a bumble bee (Bombus), SEM
  • Silverfish (Lepisma saccharina)
  • Blue Bee (unknown species)