Simulium damnosum, Simulian blackfly
Scanning electron microscope image of the head showing the compound eye (x 130). The fly is a vector of a parasite which causes River Blindness. Coloured artifically by computer
Picture No
10711122
Media ID
47584829
Size
2184px x 2459px
(3.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Illustration from the Natural History Museum Collection
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