Members of the phylum Arthropoda, composed of organisms having a hard, jointed exoskeleton and paired jointed legs. It includes the class INSECTS and the subclass ARACHNIDA, many species of which are important medically as parasites or as vectors of organisms capable of causing disease in man.
    

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Pubic louse, ventral view, SEM, colour- blue

Cabbage white butterfly egg,v.close-up, SEM.

Ixodes ricinus, adult female, ventral view, SEM

SEM close-up of tip of insect antenna

Ox louse clinging to a hair - coloured SEM

Cabbage white butterfly eggs, SEM.

Ixodes ricinus, ventral view, SEM

Opredelitelʹ chlenistonogikh,vred︠︡iashchikh zdorovʹi︠u︡ cheloveka / pod redak︠t︡sieĭ ... V. N. Beklemisheva ; [sostaviteli V. N. and others].

A colour atlas of arthropods in clinical medicine / Wallace Peters.

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Cabbage white butterfly eggs, SEM.

Ixodes ricinus, ventral view, SEM

Cabbage white butterfly eggs, SEM.

Opredelitelʹ chlenistonogikh,vred︠︡iashchikh zdorovʹi︠u︡ cheloveka / pod redak︠t︡sieĭ ... V. N. Beklemisheva ; [sostaviteli V. N. and others].

A colour atlas of arthropods in clinical medicine / Wallace Peters.