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Claws

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Images from the collections

Images referencing Claws

27 images from works
  • Pubic louse, ventral view, SEM, colour- blue
  • Head of a mealworm, SEM
  • Beetle leg tip, microphotograph
  • Pubic louse, ventral view, SEM.
  • Public louse, 1st claw of 2nd leg, SEM.
  • Mole skull and paw showing 6th digit, X-ray
  • Head of a mealworm, SEM
  • Section of a dog claw showing structure
  • Head louse, SEM
  • Birds' claws: eight figures, including the claws of a golden eagle, a barn owl, a woodpecker, a parrot, a pigeon, a lark, a crow, and a cockerel. Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.
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Works from the collections

27 works

    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Complete skeleton of a Harris' hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)

    | Michael Frank, Royal Veterinary College
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Drosophila leg, tarsus, SEM

    | Anne Weston, Francis Crick Institute
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Mite infested chicken legs

    | Michael Frank, Royal Veterinary College
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Pubic louse, close-up of claws, SEM

    | David Gregory & Debbie Marshall
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Dissected hind paw (medial or side view), canine

    | Michael Frank, Royal Veterinary College
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Related topics

Phthiraptera
Morphology
Arthropods
Parasites
Electron micrographs
ECTOPARASITE
Lice Infestations
Pubic louse
Phthirus
Leg

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