After two years of morphological exploration, my research on the patches of translucent cuticle in Ceraphronoidea is coming to an end (for more information on the patches, check out my blog post from Istvan’s “Know Your insect” seminar).
To celebrate, I want to share a new CLSM (confocal laser scanning microscopy) image of the translucent patch in Megaspilus armatus– check it out!
This image shows the translucent cuticle on the second sternite of a female Megaspilus armatus specimen. Alongside the translucent cuticle, you can see a large patch of setae– these setae are associated with a gland underneath the cuticle. Enjoy!
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