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Credit: POWER AND SYRED/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
Caption: Housefly foot. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the foot of a housefly (Musca domestica). The two claws are used to grip rough surfaces. The hairy adhesive pads, or pulvilli (beneath the claws), allow the fly to cling to smooth surfaces. Magnification: x600 when printed 10 centimetres high.
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Keywords: adhesive pad, anatomical, anatomy, animal, biological, biology, biomechanics, claw, claws, close-up, coloured, detail, entomological, entomology, false-coloured, fauna, fly, foot, hair, hairs, hairy, house-fly, housefly, insect, insecta, invertebrate, invertebrates, leg, musca domestica, nature, pads, pulvilli, pulvillus, scanning electron micrograph, scanning electron microscope, sem, wildlife, zoological, zoology
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