Image of figeater beetle
Description:
Under a low magnification of only 73x, this scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicted the region of one of the legs of an adult figeater beetles, Cotinis mutabilis, leg, which included the tibiotarsal joint in the background, and the tarsopretarsal joint in the foreground. The numerous hairs, or setae, adorning almost all of the insects exterior surfaces, act as sensory structures, supplying the organism with information about its environmental parameters.
Created: 2007
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Ecdysozoa (ecdysozoans)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Pancrustacea
- Hexapoda (hexapods)
- Insecta (insects)
- Pterygota (winged insects)
- Neoptera (neopteran)
- Endopterygota (endopterygotes)
- Coleoptera (beetles)
- Polyphaga
- Scarabaeiformia
- Scarabaeoidea (scarab beetle)
- Cotinis
- Cotinis mutabilis (figeater beetle)
- Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles)
- Panarthropoda
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- Janice Carr
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- Public Health Image Library
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