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Flour Beetle
Clicking on one of the above links will take you to further SEM images of the Flour Beetle
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The beetles shown above are red flour beetles. This beetle is extensively used in a number of laboratory/research exercises. These investigations range from studies of the insects life cycle to resistance to pesticides. The SEM views focus on some of their "beetle-like" attributes. |
The following links will provide you with more information on Flour Beetles.
This
site contains data and articles about the genetics
of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, and related species.
General
description
and photographs
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