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Description
This scanning electron micrograph (SEM) revealed some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed on the ventral surface of a bedbug’s, Cimex lectularius, head and thorax. Note the anatomical relationships of the insect’s skin piercing mouthparts that it uses to obtain its blood meal.

Clinical Features:
Created: 2009

Original URLhttp://phil.cdc.gov/PHIL_Images/11733/11733_lores.jpg
photographerJanice Haney Carr
providerPublic Health Image Library
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith