CBG Photography Group. Centre for Biodiversity Genomics. CBG Photography Group. Year: 2016. Contact: collectionsBIO@gmail.com.
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Longitude (deg): -2.4. Latitude (deg): 50.5. Longitude (deg/min): 2° 30' W. Latitude (deg/min): 50° 30' N. Vice county name: Dorset. Vice county no.: 9. Country: England. Stage: Female imago. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: "Female, swept off scurvygrass". Detail to note: accessory hairs away from tip of Sternite VII. Category: microscope photograph. Image scaling: microscope low magnification. Background: white background. Where photo was taken: Microscope preparation. Annotation: Sternite VII labelled and 4 accessory hairs marked. Orientation: "Left, or facing to left". Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS1000D dSLR and Olympus BX53 microscope.
A rather beautiful female Aeolothrips ericae found in heather in the garden. Additional pictures below. Note specifically the antennal segment shading. Also note the eye is longer ventrally than dorsally.