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Small Wonders

Insects and spiders (+ some other critters) close up
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  • Small larva of the spicebush swallowtail showing the layers of silk that cause the leaf to fold over the larva and protect it from parasitoids and predators.  check
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  • Unknown insect egg; parasitized; about 30 parasitoid wasps emerged from two of these eggs.
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  • Bizarre head of a mayfly showing the compound eyes and the 3 huge simple eyes.  Mayfly  adults have no mouthparts.  check
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  • haltere, the modified 2nd wing that helps balance the insect in flight.
  • Reticulated surfaces of seedcorn maggot eggs laid in moist sand.
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  • Top view of a mayfly showing the huge 3-D compound eyes and the three simple eyes in between. check
  • Ventral view of whitefly parasitoid that has chewed a hole in the host's integument and is minutes from freeing itself.  The wasp's head, left compound eye, and mouthparts can be seen through the hole.  The background is a tomato leaf the whitefly was feeding on when it was parasitized.  check
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