Honeybee Foreleg (Whole Mount)

Apis mellifera

Microscope slide: Honeybee Foreleg (Whole Mount)

A whole mount (w.m.) preparation of a honeybee foreleg. The slide highlights specialized adaptations for grooming, notably the antenna cleaner (a semicircular notch on the basitarsus covered with fine comb-like bristles, closed by a velum projecting from the tibia) along with dense eye brushes and terminal tarsal claws.

Category
Invertebrates
Magnification
20x
Stain
Unstained
Tags
Honeybee foreleg w.m., Honeybee Foreleg w.m., Honeybee foreleg whole mount, Apis mellifera, Honeybee, Hymenoptera, Apidae, Arthropoda, Insect leg, Antenna cleaner, Basitarsus, Velum, Insect anatomy, Entomology, Invertebrate histology, Whole mount, Unstained

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