Photo 23 Jun 37 notes buggirl:

More fun stuff to share from Parasitology class!
Rhodnius Prolixus, Kissing Bug seen under a dissecting microscope.  These are the vectors for trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease.

buggirl:


More fun stuff to share from Parasitology class!

Rhodnius Prolixus, Kissing Bug seen under a dissecting microscope.  These are the vectors for trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease.

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  1. lly-328 reblogged this from parasite-heaven and added:
    It’s kind of pretty. The dissecting microscope image I mean - not the triatominae bug.
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  5. maren-tom reblogged this from buggirl and added:
    Interesting and dangerous
  6. rzinz said: You want some crazyness? Check out Sir Wigglesworth’s early work on insect physiology using these bugs. HE BASICALLY GLUED THEM TOGETHER IT WAS HORRIFYING
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  8. anonymousthecat said: Bleh! We would find these in my dorm in Costa Rica this past summer. Beastly lil things XP
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