Tarsus of a housefly leg, whole mount, 8X light micrograph. Musca domestica under light microscope showing claws and bristles.

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Tarsus of a housefly leg, whole mount, 8X light micrograph. Musca domestica under light microscope showing claws and bristles, including the central one between the two pulvilli known as the empodium.

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