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English: Adult Black Fly (Simulium yahense) with (Onchocerca volvulus) emerging from the insect's antenna. The parasite is responsible for the disease known as River Blindness in Africa. Sample was chemically fixed and critical point dried, then observed using conventional scanning electron microscopy.

Magnified 100X.

(SEM) Plate #04999.
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Author United States Department of Agriculture



Public domain This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the Agricultural Research Service, the research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture.

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current16:10, 2 March 2016Thumbnail for version as of 16:10, 2 March 2016900 × 657 (117 KB)Sosisda33Reverted to version as of 18:49, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
09:10, 21 January 2008Thumbnail for version as of 09:10, 21 January 2008900 × 657 (117 KB)Durova{{Information |Description=Adult Black Fly (Simulium yahense) with parasite (Onchocerca volvulus) emerging from the insect’s antenna. The parasite is responsible for the disease known as River Blindness in Africa. Sample was chemically fixed and critica
18:49, 10 August 2005Thumbnail for version as of 18:49, 10 August 2005900 × 657 (117 KB)QuadellAdult Black Fly (Simulium yahense) with parasite (Onchocerca volvulus) emerging from the insect's antenna. The parasite is responsible for the disease known as River Blindness in Africa. Sample was chemically fixed and critical point dried, then observed

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