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  • Highly magnified electron microscope image of an insect antenna
    Rights: Modified from Wikimedia Commons user SecretDisc CC-BY-SA 3.0 Published 26 April 2019 Size: 450 KB Referencing Hub media

    A highly magnified electron microscope image of an insect antenna – the common wasp (Vespula vulgaris). Insect antennae have individual sensilla – the long straw-like structures – which can detect small amounts of scent like sex pheromones.

    The higher magnification in the inset shows another kind of pore-like cell (in the centre).

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