House Fly Wing (Whole Mount)

Musca domestica

Microscope slide: House Fly Wing (Whole Mount)

A whole mount (W.M.) preparation of a house fly wing. The slide illustrates translucent dipteran wing membrane with distinct venation patterns, including the characteristic sharply angled fourth longitudinal vein (M1), along with fine microtrichia dispersed across the wing surface.

Category
Invertebrates
Magnification
20x
Stain
Unstained
Tags
House fly wing whole mount, House Fly Wing W.M., Musca domestica, House fly, Diptera, Muscidae, Arthropoda, Insect wing, Wing venation, Insect anatomy, Entomology, Invertebrate histology, Whole mount, Unstained

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