Demodex folliculorum anus (IMAGE)

University of Reading

Demodex folliculorum anus

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Microscope image of the posterior end of the anus of a Demodex folliculorum mite. The presence of an anus on this mite had been wrongly overlooked by some previously, but this study confirmed its presence

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University of Reading

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