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This whole mount shows a single leg from a Culex mosquito, left unstained so its natural brown color shows. The leg is long and thin and bends at joints between its segments, including the femur, the tibia, and the long tarsus, or foot, at the end. The surface is covered in tiny dark scales and fine hairs called setae. The scales help the mosquito shed water, so it can stand on a pond surface without sinking. Students can compare the lengths of the segments and see how an insect leg is built from hollow, jointed tubes.

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