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Description	English: ID#: 11739 Description: This digitally-colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) revealed some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed on the ventral surface of a bedbug, Cimex lectularius. From this view you can see the insect’s skin piercing mouthparts it uses to obtain its blood meal, as well as a number of its six jointed legs.
Date	2009
Source	This media comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Image Library (PHIL), with identification number #11739. Note: Not all PHIL images are public domain; be sure to check copyright status and credit authors and content providers.
Author	Janice Harney Carr, Centre for Disease Control

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