Compound eye of a bed bug, SEM

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Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) showing the compound eye (red) of a bed bug (Cimex lectularius). The compound eyes are made of repeating units known as ommatidia. Each ommatidium consists of a photoreceptor cell, support cell, and pigment cells.

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Photo credit: © CDC/Janice Haney Carr/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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