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Posted on December 20, 2011 by p-porter | Full size is 480 × 316 pixels

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This tiny aphid presses its mouth parts against the leaf surface to feed. Inside the mouth parts are two even tinier stylets that form a hollow tube that penetrate the leaf veins to imbibe on sap..

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