Water boatman (Hemiptera: Corixidae) legs... Part 2

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:28 pm

Here are a few more shots from the slide of the water boatman legs I worked with the other day.

The white areas seen in the first image (just below the leg joint) are a number of some type of protist "hangers on". (Since this is from a stack, and they are alive and moving they become somewhat indistinct)

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:30 pm

Amazing photos Charles. Just think...every structure on these legs must be for locomotion in a liquid medium. I bet the groove in the third picture does something towards that end also.

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:14 pm

These swords are microscopic and I appreciate this fact very much.

Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 6:43 pm

Greatly enjoyed these images and those in your initial water boatman posting. As always the sort of quality and detail that feeds the mind as well as the eye.

Thanks.

Bruce