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 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Image of the Week - 27 January 2009

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Ambush Bug Spines

SEM image of tarsal spines on the forelimbs of an ambush bug (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Phymatidae). The terminal segments of the forelimbs are adapted to enable the ambush bug to seize and hold its insect prey. This image was collected as part of a Bugscope (bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu) session with Laurie Smaha's Fifth Grade Class in the Park Ridge Illinois School District.

Image Courtesy: Laurie Smaha, Pat Jasinowksi, and Cate Wallace

Contact: lsmaha@d64.org, pjasinowski@d64.org, ctopha2@illinois.edu

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