Microscope images of hairs (IMAGE)

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Microscope images of hairs

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(A) Downward-facing surface of the tuft of hairs around the claws on the pretarsus (white asterisks mark the two lobes of the hair tuft), which consists of thousands of densely packed hairs. Arrows denote the two claws. (B) Side view of the hair tuft on the pretarsus sticking to a glass slide. (C) Magnified view of the rectangle in the second panel. Note how the tips of the hairs have becomes bent.

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B Poerschke, SN Gorb and F Schaber

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