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  • Beetle larva living on a spider-hunting wasp
  • Bee (Anthophora)
  • Ixodes ricinus, adult female, ventral view, SEM
  • Mouthpart from a naval ship worm (Teredo navalis), X-ray
  • Head of a bumble bee (Bombus), SEM
  • Bumble bee (Bombus) head
  • House fly (Musca domestica)
  • Tick
  • Tick
  • SEM tick, ventral surface.
  • Fruit bat tongue
  • Pubic louse, close-up of mouth, SEM.
  • Horsefly (unknown species)
  • Jumping spider (Phidippus audax)
  • Pubic louse, close-up of head, SEM
  • 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.
  • Male jumping spider (possibly Platycryptus undatus)
  • SEM of close-up of tick mouthparts
  • Ixodes ricinus, ventral view, SEM
  • Male jumping spider (Platycryptus undatus)
  • Ixodes ricinus, CU nymph mouthparts, SEM
  • 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.
  • Black bee (unknown species)
  • Pubic louse, mouthparts, SEM.
  • Moutparts from medicinal leech Hirudo verbena
  • Jumping spider (Hentzia)
  • Dog (puppy) with cleft palate