Mosquito Larva (Whole Mount)
Culex sp.
A whole mount (W.M.) preparation of a mosquito larva (labeled Mosquito Larva W.M.). The specimen highlights the distinct head with prominent eye spots, a broad unsegmented thorax, an elongated segmented abdomen with lateral setal tufts, and a sclerotized breathing siphon extending from the posterior terminal segment.
- Category
- Invertebrates
- Magnification
- 20x
- Stain
- Unstained
- Tags
- Mosquito larva w.m., Mosquito Larva W.M., Mosquito larva whole mount, Mosquito larva, Culex sp., Mosquito, Diptera, Culicidae, Arthropoda, Siphon, Larva, Aquatic insect, Insect anatomy, Entomology, Invertebrate histology, Whole mount, Unstained
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