Breathing Tube On A Fruit Fly's Pupa #1 is a photograph by Dr Jeremy Burgess/science Photo Library which was uploaded on September 24th, 2018.
Breathing Tube On A Fruit Fly's Pupa #1
Breathing tube on a fruit fly's pupa. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a breathing tube, or spiracle. This fruit fly is Drosophila... more
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Breathing Tube On A Fruit Fly's Pupa #1
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Dr Jeremy Burgess/science Photo Library
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Breathing tube on a fruit fly's pupa. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a breathing tube, or spiracle. This fruit fly is Drosophila melanogaster (wild type Oregon R), and its larva develop within a structure called a puparium, from which pupal spiracles project outward. The anterior pair of spiracles terminate in tubelike extensions, called spiracular papillae (red). The exposed ends open in narrow slits, which take in air and pass it to the developing pupa. Magnification: x470 when printed 10 centimetres high.
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September 24th, 2018
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