Portraits of the Insects Among Us

A gallery of close-ups of the pests who inhabit our homes, clothes and bodies.
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Aphid
The spiky tubes on the insect's back produce wax which forms a protective barrier against flies and wasps that try to pump their eggs into the aphid's body.

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