Waterboatman bristles, light micrograph. The bristles on an insect are used to sense its environment, with various types of bristles acting as touch s

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Waterboatman bristles, light micrograph. The bristles on an insect are used to sense its environment, with various types of bristles acting as touch sensors. This example is from the nymph (larval stage) of a waterboatman aquatic insect.

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Photo credit: © IKELOS GmbH/Dr. Christopher B. Jackson/Science Photo Library / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: -, animal, aquatic, arthropod, biological, biology, body, bristle, bristles, cuticle, entomological, entomology, exoskeleton, fauna, hair, histological, histology, insect, larva, larval, light, lm, micrograph, microscope, nature, nymph, organ, sense, sensory, seta, touch, trichome, waterboatman, wildlife, zoological, zoology