Bat flea. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the head of a Rhinolophopsylla unipectinata flea, showing its mandibles, which are used to pi

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Bat flea. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the head of a Rhinolophopsylla unipectinata flea, showing its mandibles, which are used to pierce the host's skin and suck blood. This flea lives on the Mediterranean horseshoe (Rhinolophus euryale) bat. As a result of living on a nocturnal host the flea has no eyes. Magnification: x187 when printed 10 centimetres wide.

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Size: 3895px × 4524px
Photo credit: © EYE OF SCIENCE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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