Nanopillars on a Rat-Tailed Maggot (IMAGE)

Entomological Society of America

Nanopillars on a Rat-Tailed Maggot

Caption

This electron-microscope image expose the spines, or "nanopillars," that poke up from the body of the rat-tailed maggot. The length and density of the spines vary as shown in this cross-section image of the cuticle.

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Matthew Hayes

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